linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/ptdump: fix W+X verification

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Message-Id: <486sDw3HcXz9sRR@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:17:36 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/ptdump: fix W+X verification

On Tue, 2020-01-14 at 08:13:09 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Verification cannot rely on simple bit checking because on some
> platforms PAGE_RW is 0, checking that a page is not W means
> checking that PAGE_RO is set instead of checking that PAGE_RW
> is not set.
> 
> Use pte helpers instead of checking bits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> Fixes: 453d87f6a8ae ("powerpc/mm: Warn if W+X pages found on boot")

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/d80ae83f1f932ab7af47b54d0d3bef4f4dba489f

cheers