From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@x86-64.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: tighten kernel image page access rights (re-diff against firstfloor tree)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:22:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703291422.33537.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <460BC6A7.76E4.0078.0@novell.com>
On Thursday 29 March 2007 14:01, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On x86-64, kernel memory freed after init can be entirely unmapped instead
> of just getting 'poisoned' by overwriting with a debug pattern.
>
> On i386 and x86-64 (under CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA), kernel text and bug table
> can also be write-protected.
>
> (Not sure what the symbol 'stext' is good for; can it be removed?)
I see you remove it already
Added thanks
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-29 12:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-29 12:01 [PATCH] x86: tighten kernel image page access rights (re-diff against firstfloor tree) Jan Beulich
2007-03-29 12:22 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2007-03-29 13:49 ` Jan Beulich
2007-03-29 13:54 ` Andi Kleen
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