[PATCH v4 2/2] ARM: Proper prefetch abort handling on ARMv6 and ARMv7

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Mon Sep 21 12:35:31 EDT 2009


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 09:24:09PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Currently, on ARMv6 and ARMv7, if an application tries to execute
> code (or garbage) on non-executable page it hangs. It caused by
> incorrect prefetch abort handling. Now every prefetch abort
> processes as a translation fault.

Please ensure that your patches apply on top of this set of patches:

http://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/kernel/git-cur/arm.diff

Thanks.



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