linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] livepatch,module: Remove .klp.arch and module_disable

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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:27:26 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] livepatch,module: Remove .klp.arch and
 module_disable_ro()

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:28:36AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Better late than never, these patches add simplifications and
> improvements for some issues Peter found six months ago, as part of his
> non-writable text code (W^X) cleanups.

Excellent stuff, thanks!!

I'll go brush up these two patches then:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191018074634.801435443@infradead.org
  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191018074634.858645375@infradead.org

and write a patch that makes the x86 code throw a wobbly on W+X.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>