Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2018 11:03:37 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 00/14] x86/alternative: text_poke() enhancements |
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:33:54PM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote: > Which leads me to (b) - the patch-set is big "enough" IMHO. Indeed, > there are open security issues in the kernel when it comes to W^X. But > some people would want to use Andy's temporary mm-struct for other uses. > So additional security hardening may be left for future patches.
Yes, at the very least we should get the first 7 patches merged, since they work and clean up the text poking irrespective of all that W^X munging.
(also, I think you lost my ACK)
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