Now that alternatives patching code no longer relies on the primary
mapping of .text being writable, we can remove the code that removes
the writable permissions post-init time, and map it read-only from
the outset.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
---
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index f4b045d1cc53..5b0dbb9156ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -442,9 +442,6 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
{
unsigned long section_size;
- section_size = (unsigned long)_etext - (unsigned long)_text;
- create_mapping_late(__pa_symbol(_text), (unsigned long)_text,
- section_size, PAGE_KERNEL_ROX);
/*
* mark .rodata as read only. Use __init_begin rather than __end_rodata
* to cover NOTES and EXCEPTION_TABLE.
@@ -487,7 +484,7 @@ static void __init map_kernel(pgd_t *pgd)
{
static struct vm_struct vmlinux_text, vmlinux_rodata, vmlinux_init,
vmlinux_data;
- map_kernel_segment(pgd, _text, _etext, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, &vmlinux_text);
+ map_kernel_segment(pgd, _text, _etext, PAGE_KERNEL_ROX, &vmlinux_text);
map_kernel_segment(pgd, __start_rodata, __init_begin, PAGE_KERNEL,
&vmlinux_rodata);
map_kernel_segment(pgd, __init_begin, __init_end, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
&vmlinux_init);
--
2.7.4
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