linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: testcases for RODATA: fix config dependency

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:00:20 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Jinbum Park <jinb.park7@...il.com>,
        Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: testcases for RODATA: fix config dependency

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:36:37 -0800 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> >  config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
> >      bool "Testcase for the marking rodata read-only"
> > -    depends on DEBUG_RODATA
> > +    depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
> >      ---help---
> >        This option enables a testcase for the setting rodata read-only.
> 
> Great, thanks!
> 
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Andrew, do you want to take this patch, since it applies on top of
> "mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA", or do you want me to
> take both patches into my KSPP tree which has the DEBUG_RODATA ->
> STRICT_KERNEL_RWX renaming series?

I staged this and mm-add-arch-independent-testcases-for-rodata.patch
after linux-next and shall merge them after the STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
rename has gone into mainline.