Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 09/10] arm64: unexport set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw

From: Will Deacon <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:54:43 +0000

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 02:55:41PM +0000, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> This effectively unexports set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw functions from
> commit 11d91a770f1f ("arm64: Add CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX support").
> 
> No module user of those is in mainline kernel and we explicitly do not want
> modules to use these functions, as they i.e. protect eBPF (interpreted and
> JIT'ed) images from malicious modifications or bugs.
> 
> Outside of eBPF scope, I believe also other set_memory_* functions should
> be unexported on arm64 for modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Laura Abbott <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Will Deacon <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> index bb0ea94..8659357 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ int set_memory_ro(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>  					__pgprot(PTE_RDONLY),
>  					__pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_memory_ro);
>  
>  int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>  {
> @@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>  					__pgprot(PTE_WRITE),
>  					__pgprot(PTE_RDONLY));
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_memory_rw);
>  
>  int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>  {

Looks good to me. Can this be applied independently, or does it need to
remain part of your series?

Will