From: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
To: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
Cc: "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: prctl call wrongly succeeds on HPPA?
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:53:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875y2jro9a.fsf@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lebjz9z6.fsf@gentoo.org>
Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:
> I recently hit an issue with systemd-254 which tries to use the new
> prctl(PR_SET_MDWE) for systemd's MemoryDenyWriteExecute functionality.
>
> On HPPA, we still need executable stacks, so this option doesn't work
> and leads to a segfault on boot.
>
> Should this call be succeeeding on HPPA, or should we reject it for
> now until we have things wired up?
>
> Reported to systemd at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/29775.
Lennart has made clear (and I don't think I disagree) that he considers
this squarely a kernel bug.
>
> thanks,
> sam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-03 12:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-31 4:32 prctl call wrongly succeeds on HPPA? Sam James
2023-11-03 12:53 ` Sam James [this message]
2023-11-10 20:01 ` Helge Deller
2023-11-10 20:12 ` John David Anglin
2023-11-10 20:38 ` Helge Deller
2023-11-10 21:08 ` John David Anglin
2023-11-10 21:32 ` Sam James
2023-11-10 22:00 ` John David Anglin
2023-11-10 22:16 ` Sam James
2023-11-10 23:02 ` John David Anglin
2023-11-17 14:55 ` Helge Deller
2023-11-17 15:41 ` John David Anglin
2023-11-18 5:52 ` Sam James
2023-11-19 12:11 ` Sam James
2023-11-10 20:12 ` Sam James
2023-11-10 20:25 ` Helge Deller
2023-11-10 20:31 ` Helge Deller
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