Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161335AbWI2Uun (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:50:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932380AbWI2Uun (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:50:43 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:46472 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932379AbWI2Uum (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:50:42 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT_EXEC MAP_PRIVATE mmaps From: Arjan van de Ven To: David Wagner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <45150CD7.4010708@aknet.ru> <451B5096.6020205@aknet.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:50:12 +0200 Message-Id: <1159563016.3093.28.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 740 Lines: 18 On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 01:41 +0000, David Wagner wrote: > 9) Stas's request is a request for a change to Linux kernel semantics. > The current mmap() semantics have been there for years. We're not talking > about some recent change to mmap() semantics that have broken existing > userspace tools. Rather, we have a longstanding set of semantics; Stas > wants to be able to mark more partitions as noexec, .... and then execute from them! that's what is bothering me most about all of this. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/