[PATCH 2/2] ARM: Kconfig: remove dependence of CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA on !kexec

Kees Cook keescook at google.com
Tue May 20 21:11:56 PDT 2014


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 08:33:51PM +0100, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:31:57AM +0100, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
>> >> Remove DEBUG_RODATA dependence on !kexec since "ARM: kexec: Make .text R/W in
>> >> machine_kexec" fixes the incompatibility between those 2
>> >> options.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <Nikolay.Borisov at arm.com>
>> >
>> >   Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>>
>> We've got, from what I can see, about 4 sets of patches that are or
>> revolve around DEBUG_RODATA. What do you think is the best way to
>> gather everything together? Do you want me to build 1 giant set of
>> patches that includes kexec, DEBUG_RODATA, FIXMAP, and kgdb all
>> together, or should we just start flushing each one separately into
>> the patch tracker?
>
> It's probably worth you collating the patches together into a single series,
> giving it some testing, then reposting that to the list. Then, assuming
> nothing explodes, sending a pull request to rmk (although it's getting quite
> late in the day for 3.16).
>
> Sound like a plan?

Sure! I'll start collecting it. :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security



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