linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: print additional fault message when executing non-exec memory

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Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:41:36 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Xiang Zheng <zhengxiang9@...wei.com>
Cc:     will@...nel.org, james.morse@....com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: print additional fault message when executing
 non-exec memory

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 08:41:31PM +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>

Queued for 5.5. Thanks.

-- 
Catalin