Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:49:13 +0100 | From | "Jan Beulich" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: tighten kernel image page access rights (re-diff against firstfloor tree) |
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>>> Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> 29.03.07 14:22 >>> >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
I don't think I do - I just move _stext (on x86-64), but leave stext alone.
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