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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, x86@kernel.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 2/2] arm: apply more __ro_after_init
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 11:51:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160603185106.GB17076@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1464979224-2085-3-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org>

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 <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
>  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

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-03 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-03 18:40 [PATCH 0/2] expand use of __ro_after_init Kees Cook
2016-06-03 18:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: apply more __ro_after_init and const Kees Cook
2016-06-03 18:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] arm: apply more __ro_after_init Kees Cook
2016-06-03 18:51   ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-06-03 21:26     ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2016-06-03 21:54       ` Greg KH
2016-06-03 22:01         ` Kees Cook
2016-08-10  9:43   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-08-10 10:00     ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-08-10 10:12       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-08-10 19:31         ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-08-10 23:02           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-08-11 16:02             ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-08-12 11:34               ` Daniel Thompson
2016-08-10 17:06     ` [kernel-hardening] " Daniel Micay
2016-08-10 18:32     ` Kees Cook
2016-08-10 19:41       ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-08-10 21:40         ` Kees Cook
2016-08-10 23:06         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-08-11 15:54           ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-08-11 22:16             ` Kees Cook
2016-08-12 16:24             ` Russell King - ARM Linux

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