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Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 10:49:44 -0800
From: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 2/2] arch: Rename CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MODULE_RONX

On 02/03/2017 12:03 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Both of these options are poorly named. The features they provide are
>> necessary for system security and should not be considered debug only.
>> Change the name to something that accurately describes what these
>> options do.
> 
> It may help to explicitly call out the name change from/to in the
> commit message.
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
>> ---
>> [...]
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
>> index ca39c04..beea2cc 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
>> @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
>>  # CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7 is not set
>>  CONFIG_ARCH_ASPEED=y
>>  CONFIG_MACH_ASPEED_G4=y
>> -CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
>>  CONFIG_AEABI=y
>>  CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY=y
>>  CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
> 
> Are these defconfig cases correct (dropping DEBUG_RODATA without
> adding STRICT_KERNEL_RWX)?
>

Yes, I think these need to be updated to the new config option since
these are not CPUv7


> Who should carry this series, btw?
> 

An excellent question :)

Would you be willing to carry it with Acks?

> -Kees
> 

Thanks,
Laura

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