On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 06:25:26PM -0700, Laura Abbott wrote: > Executing from a non-executable area gives an ugly message: > > lkdtm: Performing direct entry EXEC_RODATA > lkdtm: attempting ok execution at ffff0000084c0e08 > lkdtm: attempting bad execution at ffff000008880700 > Bad mode in Synchronous Abort handler detected on CPU2, code 0x8400000e -- > IABT (current EL) > CPU: 2 PID: 998 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.7.0-rc2+ #13 > Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) > task: ffff800077e35780 ti: ffff800077970000 task.ti: ffff800077970000 > PC is at lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing+0x0/0x8 > LR is at execute_location+0x74/0x88 > > The 'IABT (current EL)' indicates the error but it's a bit cryptic > without knowledge of the ARM ARM. There is also no indication of the > specific address which triggered the fault. The increase in kernel > page permissions makes hitting this case more likely as well. > Handling the case in the vectors gives a much more familiar looking > error message: > > lkdtm: Performing direct entry EXEC_RODATA > lkdtm: attempting ok execution at ffff0000084c0840 > lkdtm: attempting bad execution at ffff000008880680 > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff000008880680 > pgd = ffff8000089b2000 > [ffff000008880680] *pgd=00000000489b4003, *pud=0000000048904003, > *pmd=0000000000000000 > Internal error: Oops: 8400000e [#1] PREEMPT SMP > Modules linked in: > CPU: 1 PID: 997 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.7.0-rc1+ #24 > Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) > task: ffff800077f9f080 ti: ffff800008a1c000 task.ti: ffff800008a1c000 > PC is at lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing+0x0/0x8 > LR is at execute_location+0x74/0x88 > > Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutl...@arm.com> > Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labb...@redhat.com>
Applied. Thanks. -- Catalin
