Re: [patch 1/1] make PROT_WRITE imply PROT_READ

Alan Cox
2006-09-15T10:47:41Z

Ar Gwe, 2006-09-15 am 06:53 +0200, ysgrifennodd Arjan van de Ven:
> This patch will create a userspace ABI precedent that will hurt us if we ever
> decide to implement this, or if Intel or AMD add support for this to the cpu...

You mean like noexec didn't. It's just a question of binary type if such
a mapping type comes into existance. At the moment the behaviour is
essentially random.

Alan