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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] arm64: print additional fault message when executing non-exec memory
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 08:41:31PM +0800, Xiang Zheng wrote:
> When attempting to executing non-executable memory, the fault message
> shows:
>
> Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address
> ffff802dac469000
>
> This may confuse someone, so add a new fault message for instruction
> abort.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiang Zheng <zhengxiang9@huawei.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> index 9fc6db0bcbad..9adec86d0f8a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> @@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ static void __do_kernel_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
> if (is_el1_permission_fault(addr, esr, regs)) {
> if (esr & ESR_ELx_WNR)
> msg = "write to read-only memory";
> + else if (is_el1_instruction_abort(esr))
> + msg = "execute from non-executable memory";
> else
> msg = "read from unreadable memory";
> } else if (addr < PAGE_SIZE) {

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

Will

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