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Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 09:08:16 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64:add missing CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX for
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On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 03:31:38AM +0000, Nixiaoming wrote:
> Unable to set CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=n by make menuconfig ARCH=arm64

Indeed. Making this mandatory was a deliberate decision, in part because this
allows simplification of code (e.g. removal of #ifdef guards).

> When reading the code, I feel it is more appropriate to add macro control
> here.

I must disagree. I do not think it makes sense to add an #ifdef for a
configuration option that is mandatory.

There are other places in the kernel that should behave differently if
CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX were disabled, so this wouldn't be sufficient even if
we were to make CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX optional. i.e. the #ifdef would give
the misleading impression that STRICT_KERNEL_RWX *could* be made optional, even
though this might not function correctly.

Having an #ifdef here makes the code more complicated and confusing, for the
benefit of a case which cannot occur.

Thanks,
Mark.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Deacon [mailto:will.deacon@arm.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 11:45 PM
> To: Nixiaoming <nixiaoming@huawei.com>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64:add missing CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX for mark_rodata_ro
> 
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 09:36:15PM +0800, nixiaoming wrote:
> > mark_rodata_ro is only called by the function mark_readonly when
> > CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=y,
> > if CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is not set
> > a compile warning may be triggered: unused function
> 
> How are you achieving this configuration? In our Kconfig we select this
> unconditionally.
> 
> Will