Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/20] arm/mm: Introduce modify_xen_mappings

2016-09-01 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Konrad, On 25/08/16 14:37, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: Which is only used by Livepatch code. The purpose behind this call is to modify the page table entries flags. Specifically the .ro and .nx flags. The current mechanism puts cache attributes in the flags and the .ro and .nx are locked do

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/20] arm/mm: Introduce modify_xen_mappings

2016-08-25 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Which is only used by Livepatch code. The purpose behind this call is to modify the page table entries flags. Specifically the .ro and .nx flags. The current mechanism puts cache attributes in the flags and the .ro and .nx are locked down and assumed to be .ro=0, nx=1. Livepatch needs .nx=0 and a