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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:26:52 +0000
From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, mark.rutland@....com,
will.deacon@....com, catalin.marinas@....com, keescook@...omium.org,
labbott@...oraproject.org, james.morse@....com
Cc: kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, christoffer.dall@...aro.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, andre.przywara@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] arm: kvm: move kvm_vgic_global_state out of .text
section
On 10/02/17 17:16, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The kvm_vgic_global_state struct contains a static key which is
> written to by jump_label_init() at boot time. So in preparation of
> making .text regions truly (well, almost truly) read-only, mark
> kvm_vgic_global_state __ro_after_init so it moves to the .rodata
> section instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> ---
> virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
> index 6440b56ec90e..2f373455ed4e 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
> #define DEBUG_SPINLOCK_BUG_ON(p)
> #endif
>
> -struct vgic_global __section(.hyp.text) kvm_vgic_global_state = {.gicv3_cpuif = STATIC_KEY_FALSE_INIT,};
> +struct vgic_global kvm_vgic_global_state __ro_after_init = {
> + .gicv3_cpuif = STATIC_KEY_FALSE_INIT,
> +};
>
> /*
> * Locking order is always:
>
I guess that's a nice way to find out if someone is playing with this
structure (which indeed shouldn't change once KVM has initialized).
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
M.
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