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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:52:12 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>,
	Julien Tinnes <jln@...gle.com>, Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] x86: make IDT read-only


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> On 04/09/2013 11:22 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > 
> > Can we create a RO fixed per-cpu area?
> > 
> 
> "Fixed" and "percpu" are mutually exclusive...

There's a fixmap area that holds kmap_atomic() percpu mappings:

        FIX_KMAP_BEGIN, /* reserved pte's for temporary kernel mappings */
        FIX_KMAP_END = FIX_KMAP_BEGIN+(KM_TYPE_NR*NR_CPUS)-1,

In a similar fashion we could use a per CPU high-mapped read-only alias as well 
(assuming it fits, memory is pretty tight there).

Thanks,

	Ingo

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