linux/arch
Jan Beulich 6fb14755a6 [PATCH] x86: tighten kernel image page access rights
On x86-64, kernel memory freed after init can be entirely unmapped instead
of just getting 'poisoned' by overwriting with a debug pattern.

On i386 and x86-64 (under CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA), kernel text and bug table
can also be write-protected.

Compared to the first version, this one prevents re-creating deleted
mappings in the kernel image range on x86-64, if those got removed
previously. This, together with the original changes, prevents temporarily
having inconsistent mappings when cacheability attributes are being
changed on such pages (e.g. from AGP code). While on i386 such duplicate
mappings don't exist, the same change is done there, too, both for
consistency and because checking pte_present() before using various other
pte_XXX functions is a requirement anyway. At once, i386 code gets
adjusted to use pte_huge() instead of open coding this.

AK: split out cpa() changes

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02 19:27:10 +02:00
..
alpha [STRING]: Move strcasecmp/strncasecmp to lib/string.c 2007-04-26 01:54:39 -07:00
arm power management: implement pm_ops.valid for everybody 2007-04-30 16:40:40 -07:00
arm26 [PATCH] arch/arm26/kernel/entry.S: remove dead code 2007-03-01 14:53:35 -08:00
avr32 AVR32: Remove useless config option "GENERIC_BUST_SPINLOCK". 2007-04-27 13:45:26 +02:00
cris [PATCH] MSI-X: fix resume crash 2007-03-28 13:59:37 -07:00
frv [PATCH] MSI-X: fix resume crash 2007-03-28 13:59:37 -07:00
h8300 [PATCH] Declare init_irq_proc before we use it. 2007-02-19 14:21:50 -08:00
i386 [PATCH] x86: tighten kernel image page access rights 2007-05-02 19:27:10 +02:00
ia64 [AF_RXRPC/AFS]: Arch-specific fixes. 2007-04-27 15:28:45 -07:00
m32r Various typo fixes. 2007-02-17 19:07:33 +01:00
m68k [PATCH] Declare init_irq_proc before we use it. 2007-02-19 14:21:50 -08:00
m68knommu [PATCH] m68knommu: remove local_bh_count 2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
mips MIPSnet: Modernize use platform_device API. 2007-04-28 11:01:01 -04:00
parisc libata/IDE: remove combined mode quirk 2007-04-28 14:15:59 -04:00
powerpc [PATCH] x86: Move swsusp __pa() dependent code to arch portion 2007-05-02 19:27:07 +02:00
ppc Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
s390 [NET]: Remove NETIF_F_INTERNAL_STATS, default to internal stats. 2007-04-28 21:04:03 -07:00
sh power management: implement pm_ops.valid for everybody 2007-04-30 16:40:40 -07:00
sh64 [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
sparc [SPARC]: device_node name constification fallout 2007-04-26 01:55:45 -07:00
sparc64 [SPARC64]: Convert PCI over to generic struct iommu/strbuf. 2007-04-26 21:08:21 -07:00
um [PATCH] i386: Add an option for the VIA C7 which sets appropriate L1 cache 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
v850 kbuild: Replace remaining "depends" with "depends on" 2007-02-17 19:05:24 +01:00
x86_64 [PATCH] x86: tighten kernel image page access rights 2007-05-02 19:27:10 +02:00
xtensa Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 2007-04-27 09:29:04 -07:00