linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: print additional fault message when executing non-exec memory

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Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:02:37 +0800
From:   Xiang Zheng <zhengxiang9@...wei.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
CC:     <catalin.marinas@....com>, <james.morse@....com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: print additional fault message when executing
 non-exec memory



On 2019/10/29 0:41, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 05:08:37PM +0800, Xiang Zheng wrote:
>> When attempting to executing non-executable memory, the fault message
>> shows:
>>
>>   Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address
>>   ffff802dac469000
>>
>> This may confuse someone, so add a new fault message for instruction
>> abort.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiang Zheng <zhengxiang9@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> index 9fc6db0bcbad..68bf4ec376d0 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> @@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ static void __do_kernel_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
>>  	if (is_el1_permission_fault(addr, esr, regs)) {
>>  		if (esr & ESR_ELx_WNR)
>>  			msg = "write to read-only memory";
>> +		else if (is_el1_instruction_abort(esr))
>> +			msg = "execute non-executable memory";
> 
> nit, please make this "execute from non-executable memory".

Thanks, I will make this in the next version of patch.

> 
> With that:
> 
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> 
> Will
> 
> .
> 

-- 

Thanks,
Xiang