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From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, will@kernel.org,
	 catalin.marinas@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com,
	 Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
	 Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>,
	Liz Prucka <lizprucka@google.com>,
	 Seth Jenkins <sethjenkins@google.com>,
	Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	 linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/10] arm64: Move the zero page to rodata
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:26:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260126092630.1800589-13-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260126092630.1800589-12-ardb+git@google.com>

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

The zero page should contain only zero bytes, and so mapping it
read-write is unnecessary. Combine it with reserved_pg_dir, which lives
in the read-only region of the kernel, and already serves a similar
purpose.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 +
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c             | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ad6133b89e7a..b2a093f5b3fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 
 	reserved_pg_dir = .;
+	empty_zero_page = .;
 	. += PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	swapper_pg_dir = .;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 9ae7ce00a7ef..c36422a3fae2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ long __section(".mmuoff.data.write") __early_cpu_boot_status;
 
 /*
  * Empty_zero_page is a special page that is used for zero-initialized data
- * and COW.
+ * and COW. Defined in the linker script.
  */
-unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] __page_aligned_bss;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(swapper_pgdir_lock);
-- 
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog



  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-26  9:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-26  9:26 [PATCH v2 00/10] arm64: Unmap linear alias of kernel data/bss Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-26  9:26 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-01-27  9:34   ` [PATCH v2 01/10] arm64: Move the zero page to rodata Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27  9:49     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:03       ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 10:50         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] arm64: Move fixmap page tables to end of kernel image Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27  9:42   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] arm64: mm: Permit contiguous descriptors to be rewritten Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27  9:45   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 15:03     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 16:59       ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 17:02         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 17:37           ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] arm64: mm: Preserve existing table mappings when mapping DRAM Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27  9:58   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] arm64: mm: Preserve non-contiguous descriptors " Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27  9:58   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] arm64: mm: Remove bogus stop condition from map_mem() loop Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:06   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] arm64: mm: Drop redundant pgd_t* argument from map_mem() Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:10   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] arm64: mm: Don't abuse memblock NOMAP to check for overlaps Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:21   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 10:27     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:39       ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 10:47         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 11:00           ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 11:03             ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 11:09               ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] arm64: mm: Map the kernel data/bss read-only in the linear map Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:33   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 10:36     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:41       ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-26  9:26 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] arm64: mm: Unmap kernel data/bss entirely from " Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 10:50   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-01-27 10:54     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-01-27 11:02       ` Ryan Roberts

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