Messages in this thread | | | From | pageexec@freemail ... | Date | Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:58:05 +0200 | Subject | Re: [patch 06/11] Text Edit Lock - Alternative code for x86 |
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On 6 Dec 2007 at 9:44, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> It is correct to assume that the WP bit will always be activated, in > every configuration, even though we don't use the DEBUG_RODATA ?
yes, without it the kernel couldn't rely on page faults to trigger copy-on-write on userland pages for example (just look at what it has to do on the original i386...).
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