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SubjectRe: [patch 06/11] Text Edit Lock - Alternative code for x86
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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