linux-kernel - Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] um: Add mark_rodata

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Message-ID: <CAFLxGvxC2eRKjottu5rW4vSb-keSOwESw2-MLUUz6HhFVMoXvw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 21 May 2017 23:28:05 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        user-mode-linux-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] um: Add mark_rodata_ro support.

Thomas,

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 12:11 AM, Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de> wrote:
> This is actually a no-op as all read-only should be read-only in the ELF.

What problem does this patch fix? Or what is the purpose?

-- 
Thanks,
//richard