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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
linuxram@us.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
shuah@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86, pkeys: override pkey when moving away from PROT_EXEC
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:45:59 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1803232044350.1481@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1803232036140.1481@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
On Fri, 23 Mar 2018, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2018, Dave Hansen wrote:
>
> > On 03/23/2018 12:15 PM, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> > >> We had a check for PROT_READ/WRITE, but it did not work
> > >> for PROT_NONE. This entirely removes the PROT_* checks,
> > >> which ensures that PROT_NONE now works.
> > >>
> > >> Reported-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> > > Should there be a 'Fixes' tag? Also should this patch go to stable?
> >
> > There could be, but I'm to lazy to dig up the original commit. Does it
> > matter?
> >
> > And, yes, I think it probably makes sense for -stable. I'll add that if
> > I resend this series.
>
> The fixes tag makes sense in general even if the patch is not tagged for
> stable. It gives you immediate context and I use it a lot to look why this
> went unnoticed or what the context of that change was.
That said, I'm even lazier than you and prefer you to dig up the original
commit :)
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-23 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-23 18:09 [PATCH 0/9] x86, pkeys: two protection keys bug fixes Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 1/9] x86, pkeys: do not special case protection key 0 Dave Hansen
2018-03-26 17:35 ` Ram Pai
2018-03-26 17:39 ` Dave Hansen
2018-03-27 2:27 ` Ram Pai
2018-03-27 4:11 ` Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 2/9] x86, pkeys, selftests: save off 'prot' for allocations Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 3/9] x86, pkeys, selftests: add a test for pkey 0 Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86, pkeys: override pkey when moving away from PROT_EXEC Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 19:15 ` Shakeel Butt
2018-03-23 19:23 ` Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 19:27 ` Shakeel Butt
2018-03-23 19:29 ` Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 19:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-23 19:45 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2018-03-23 19:48 ` Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86, pkeys, selftests: fix pointer math Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 6/9] x86, pkeys, selftests: fix pkey exhaustion test off-by-one Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 7/9] x86, pkeys, selftests: factor out "instruction page" Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86, pkeys, selftests: add allow faults on unknown keys Dave Hansen
2018-03-23 18:09 ` [PATCH 9/9] x86, pkeys, selftests: add PROT_EXEC test Dave Hansen
2018-03-26 17:27 [PATCH 0/9] [v2] x86, pkeys: two protection keys bug fixes Dave Hansen
2018-03-26 17:27 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86, pkeys: override pkey when moving away from PROT_EXEC Dave Hansen
2018-04-07 0:09 ` Ram Pai
2018-04-07 0:47 ` Dave Hansen
2018-04-07 1:09 ` Ram Pai
2018-04-26 17:57 ` Dave Hansen
2018-04-30 7:51 ` Ram Pai
2018-04-30 16:36 ` Dave Hansen
2018-04-25 22:10 ` Shakeel Butt
2018-04-26 8:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-04-26 18:17 ` Dave Hansen
2018-04-27 17:45 [PATCH 0/9] [v3] x86, pkeys: two protection keys bug fixes Dave Hansen
2018-04-27 17:45 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86, pkeys: override pkey when moving away from PROT_EXEC Dave Hansen
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