arm: JUMP_LABEL and DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX should be mutually exclusive?
Kees Cook
keescook at chromium.org
Thu Oct 16 14:47:45 PDT 2014
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 05:21:29PM -0500, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
>> <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 08:34:17AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Paolo Pisati <p.pisati at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > i keep hitting this with BRIDGE=m, JUMP_LABEL=y and DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y:
>> >>
>> >> I think my RO/NX patch series solves this. I sent a pull request, but
>> >> I haven't seen any movement on it. :(
>> >
>> > Sorry Kees.
>> >
>> > However, even if I had looked at it, I would /not/ have been able to
>> > pull it. It does the absolutely fatal thing for any pull request:
>> >
>> > The following changes since commit cc31d8f887953e9824c4d9333b15c335ee7d1b65:
>> >
>> > Merge branches 'fiq' (early part), 'fixes' and 'misc' into for-next (2014-09-2+6 14:40:19 +0100)
>> >
>> > That commit is on my "for-next" branch. The clue is in the name. :)
>> > Just like trying to base commits onto the linux-next tree, trying to
>> > base commits on an aggregate branch intended for linux-next usage
>> > doesn't work for all the same reasons.
>>
>> Ah! My mistake; I was trying to figure out which branch would be best
>> for you to pull from. What do you prefer I use as the base for the
>> pull request?
>
> I much prefer branches against one of Linus' release points than some
> point in someone elses tree - unless, of course, there are dependencies
> that need to be solved (which means there should be something in the
> pull request explaining that.)
>
> If it conflicts with something I have in my tree, then that's generally
> not a problem unless the conflict is horrid, at which point it can be
> discussed.
Okay, thanks. I've resent the pull request based off of the v3.17 tag.
Thanks!
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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