From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V10] RO/NX protection for loadable kernel modules
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:29:38 +1030
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On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:09:53 am Siarhei Liakh wrote:
> This patch is a logical extension of the protection provided by
> CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA to LKMs. The protection is provided by splitting
> module_core and module_init into three logical parts each and setting
> appropriate page access permissions for each individual section:
> 
>  1. Code: RO+X
>  2. RO data: RO+NX
>  3. RW data: RW+NX

Thanks, applied!

Cheers,
Rusty.
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