[PATCH 1/2] arm64: fixmap: make FIX_TEXT_POKE0 permanent

Laura Abbott lauraa at codeaurora.org
Thu Mar 5 10:48:11 PST 2015


On 3/4/2015 5:27 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> The FIX_TEST_POKE0 is currently at the end of the temporary fixmap
> slots, despite the fact that it can be used at any point during runtime
> (e.g. for poking the text of loaded modules), and thus should be a
> permanent fixmap slot (as is the case on arm and x86).
>
> This patch moves FIX_TEXT_POKE0 into the set of permanent fixmap slots.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> Cc: Laura Abbott <lauraa at codeaurora.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa at codeaurora.org>

>   arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
> index defa0ff9..9264956 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>   enum fixed_addresses {
>   	FIX_HOLE,
>   	FIX_EARLYCON_MEM_BASE,
> +	FIX_TEXT_POKE0,
>   	__end_of_permanent_fixed_addresses,
>
>   	/*
> @@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
>
>   	FIX_BTMAP_END = __end_of_permanent_fixed_addresses,
>   	FIX_BTMAP_BEGIN = FIX_BTMAP_END + TOTAL_FIX_BTMAPS - 1,
> -	FIX_TEXT_POKE0,
>   	__end_of_fixed_addresses
>   };
>
>


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