Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933484Ab0KOSa7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:30:59 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:60090 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933479Ab0KOSa5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:30:57 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:30:14 +0000 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Catalin Marinas Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/20] ARM: LPAE: Introduce L_PTE_NOEXEC and L_PTE_NOWRITE Message-ID: <20101115183014.GD31421@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1289584840-18097-1-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> <1289584840-18097-6-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1289584840-18097-6-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1783 Lines: 37 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 06:00:25PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote: > The LPAE page table format needs to explicitly disable execution or > write permissions on a page by setting the corresponding bits (similar > to the classic page table format with Access Flag enabled). This patch > introduces null definitions for the 2-level format and the actual noexec > and nowrite bits for the LPAE format. It also changes several PTE > maintenance macros and masks. > > Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas > --- > arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h | 2 + > arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++------------ > arch/arm/mm/mmu.c | 6 ++-- > 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h > index 36bdef7..4e21166 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h > @@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ > #define L_PTE_USER (1 << 8) > #define L_PTE_EXEC (1 << 9) > #define L_PTE_SHARED (1 << 10) /* shared(v6), coherent(xsc3) */ > +#define L_PTE_NOEXEC (0) > +#define L_PTE_NOWRITE (0) Let's not make this more complicated than it has to be. If we need the inverse of WRITE and EXEC, then that's what we should change everyone to, not invent a new system to work along side the old system. We're already inverting the write bit for the vast majority of processors, and exec has always been inverted by the ARMv6 and v7 code. -- 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/