lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2009]   [Oct]   [13]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH V5] x86: NX protection for kernel data
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:03:17 -0400
Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch expands functionality of CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA to set main
> (static) kernel data area as NX.
> The following steps are taken to achieve this:
> 1. Linker script is adjusted so .text always starts and ends on a
> page boundary 2. Linker script is adjusted so .rodata and .data
> always start and end on a page boundary
> 3. void mark_nxdata_nx(void) added to arch/x86/mm/init.c with actual
> functionality: NX is set for all pages from _etext through _end.
> 4. mark_nxdata_nx() called from free_initmem() (after init has been
> released) 5. free_init_pages() sets released memory NX in
> arch/x86/mm/init.c
>
> The patch have been developed for Linux 2.6.31-rc7 x86 by Siarhei
> Liakh <sliakh.lkml@gmail.com> and Xuxian Jiang <jiang@cs.ncsu.edu>.
>

I like doing this, but... maybe it is useful to have a diff of the
pagetable dump (PT_DUMP config option) to show the effect, in the
changelog. That'd be like the proof on the pudding...


--
Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre
For development, discussion and tips for power savings,
visit http://www.lesswatts.org


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2009-10-13 06:37    [W:0.079 / U:0.736 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site