[PATCHv2 0/2] Support for set_memory_* outside of module space

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Nov 25 04:05:12 PST 2015


On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 03:39:48PM -0800, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 11/10/2015 05:57 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This is v2 of the series to allow set_memory_* to work on kernel memory
> >for security and other use cases. Should have addressed most comments
> >although another look might be necessary for the contiguous bit.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Laura
> >
> >Laura Abbott (2):
> >   arm64: Get existing page protections in split_pmd
> >   arm64: Allow changing of attributes outside of modules
> >
> >  arch/arm64/Kconfig       |  12 ++++
> >  arch/arm64/mm/mm.h       |   3 +
> >  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c      |  12 ++--
> >  arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  4 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >
> 
> Given what seems to have popped up via
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/<1448387338-27851-1-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> I'm going to hold off on this until the issues there are worked out.
> Once that is fixed up this work can be picked up again.

Thanks, Laura, and sorry for the disruption.

Will



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