Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:53:59 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] prctl: Generalize PR_SET_MDWE support check to be per-arch | From | Helge Deller <> |
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On 2/27/24 11:24, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 05:35:41PM -0800, Zev Weiss wrote: >> There exist systems other than PARISC where MDWE may not be feasible >> to support; rather than cluttering up the generic code with additional >> arch-specific logic let's add a generic function for checking MDWE >> support and allow each arch to override it as needed. >> >> Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev@bewilderbeest.net> >> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.3+ > > PA-RISC folk need to ack/review-by this patch.
I'm fine with patch 1/2: Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> # parisc
> Alternatively, it needs > to be restructured to add the arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported() > override without touching the PA-RISC code, which then makes the Arm > patch independent of the status of the PA-RISC patch. That will allow > the Arm issue to be solved even if an ack is not forthcoming for the > PA-RISC parts. >> Alternatively, I wonder whether akpm would be willing to pick up this > patch set as-is.
I have no preference, but I think both patches should be pushed together via arm tree or akpm.
Helge
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