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From: Nathan_Lynch@mentor•com (Nathan Lynch)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: vdso: put vdso datapage in a separate vma
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 14:44:33 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53BD9BA1.4070103@mentor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1404930133-30324-2-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com>

Hi Will, one question (and maybe it's more of a question for Andy than
for you).

On 07/09/2014 01:22 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> -	ret = install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, vdso_mapping_len,
> +	ret = install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, vdso_text_len,
>  				      VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
>  				      VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
>  				      vdso_pagelist);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		mm->context.vdso = NULL;
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto up_fail;
> +
> +	vdso_base += vdso_text_len;
> +	ret = install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, PAGE_SIZE,
> +				      VM_READ|VM_MAYREAD,
> +				      vdso_pagelist + vdso_pages);

I note this code sets VM_MAYREAD for the data page, while x86's vvar
mapping sets only VM_READ.  (Personally I am not totally clear on the
meaning of VM_MAYREAD, but it looks like it would have implications for
use of mprotect on the mapping.)  Should one arch or the other adjust
its flags?

  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-09 19:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-09 18:22 [PATCH 0/3] Bunch of vdso cleanups following feedback from x86 Will Deacon
2014-07-09 18:22 ` [PATCH 1/3] arm64: vdso: put vdso datapage in a separate vma Will Deacon
2014-07-09 19:44   ` Nathan Lynch [this message]
2014-07-09 19:48     ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-07-09 18:22 ` [PATCH 2/3] arm64: vdso: move to _install_special_mapping and remove arch_vma_name Will Deacon
2014-07-09 18:22 ` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: vdso: move data page before code pages Will Deacon
2014-07-24 18:20 ` [PATCH 0/3] Bunch of vdso cleanups following feedback from x86 Christopher Covington

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