[PATCH v4 5/5] arm64: add attrs and format to ptdump document
Maxwell Bland
mbland at motorola.com
Mon Jun 24 15:22:46 PDT 2024
On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 04:06:57PM GMT, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 6/18/24 7:43 AM, Maxwell Bland wrote:
> > +The following attributes are presently supported::
> > +
> > +F Entry is invalid
> > +USER Memory is user mapped
> > +ro Memory is read-only
> > +RW Memory is read-write
> > +NX Memory is privileged execute never
> > +x Memory is privileged executable
>
> Why lower case x and ro but upper case for the others?
>
> > +SHD Memory is shared
> > +AF Entry accessed flag is set
> > +NG Entry Not-Global flag is set
> > +CON Entry contiguous bit is set
> > +UXN Memory is unprivileged execute never
> > +GP Memory supports BTI
>
> Most of the abbreviations make some sense, but not that one (IMHO). ;)
Hi Randy, thanks for the feedback above! I fixed these notes and
polished a few of the other acronyms as a result.
v5 is now here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/2bcb3htsjhepxdybpw2bwot2jnuezl3p5mnj5rhjwgitlsufe7@xzhkyntridw3/
BRs,
Maxwell
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