From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 2/2] arm: apply more __ro_after_init Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 11:51:06 -0700 Message-ID: <20160603185106.GB17076@kroah.com> References: <1464979224-2085-1-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> <1464979224-2085-3-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:49267 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932296AbcFCSvH (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2016 14:51:07 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1464979224-2085-3-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Cc: Kees Cook , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, x86@kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel , Mathias Krause , Andrew Morton On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 11:40:24AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Guided by grsecurity's analogous __read_only markings in arch/arm, > this applies several uses of __ro_after_init to structures that are > only updated during __init. > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > --- > arch/arm/kernel/cpuidle.c | 2 +- > arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 10 +++++----- > arch/arm/kernel/smp.c | 2 +- > arch/arm/lib/delay.c | 2 +- > arch/arm/mm/mmu.c | 9 ++------- > arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c | 3 +-- I don't think this x86 file is an arm-specific one :) That minor nit aside, these patches are a great step forward, are you going to take them and work to push them upstream, or do you want/need others to do this? thanks, greg k-h