linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] powerpc/8xx: Do not allow Pinned TLBs with STRICT_KERNEL_RWX or DEBUG

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:08:53 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] powerpc/8xx: Do not allow Pinned TLBs with
 STRICT_KERNEL_RWX or DEBUG_PAGEALLOC

Pinning TLBs bypasses STRICT_KERNEL_RWX or DEBUG_PAGEALLOC protections
so it should only be allowed when those are not selected

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index d09b259d3621..28608275d7c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -1165,7 +1165,8 @@ config CONSISTENT_SIZE
 
 config PIN_TLB
 	bool "Pinned Kernel TLBs (860 ONLY)"
-	depends on ADVANCED_OPTIONS && 8xx
+	depends on ADVANCED_OPTIONS && PPC_8xx && \
+		   !DEBUG_PAGEALLOC && !STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 
 config PIN_TLB_DATA
 	bool "Pinned TLB for DATA"
-- 
2.12.0