On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:36 AM, H. Peter Anvin <h...@zytor.com> wrote: > We should NEVER have RW + x at the same time (at least when the kernel > is compiled properly.) Looks like your patch does get rid of a bunch of > stuff in the low mapping -- although the low mapping really should never > be +x at all -- but there are still problems with the high mapping
after enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA get ---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd 0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff82200000 18M ro PSE GLB x pmd 0xffffffff82200000-0xffffffff82c00000 10M ro PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff82c00000-0xffffffff82dc9000 1828K RW GLB x pte 0xffffffff82dc9000-0xffffffff82e00000 220K RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff82e00000-0xffffffff83000000 2M RW PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff83000000-0xffffffff8313a000 1256K RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff8313a000-0xffffffff83200000 792K RW GLB x pte 0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffff83e00000 12M RW PSE GLB x pmd 0xffffffff83e00000-0xffffffffa0000000 450M pmd for [ 0.000000] Kernel Layout: [ 0.000000] .text: [0x01000000-0x021434f8] [ 0.000000] .rodata: [0x02200000-0x02a13fff] [ 0.000000] .data: [0x02c00000-0x02dc763f] [ 0.000000] .init: [0x02dc9000-0x0312cfff] [ 0.000000] .bss: [0x0313b000-0x03dd6fff] [ 0.000000] .brk: [0x03dd7000-0x03dfffff] looks like .data, .bss, .brk should not have x set. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/