Use new flag VM_HAS_SPECIAL_PERMS for handling freeing of special permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX and RW before freeing which is no longer needed.
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c index fac692e36833..f2fab35bcb82 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c @@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void) if (page == NULL) return NULL; + set_vm_special(page); /* * First make the page read-only, and then only then make it executable * to prevent it from being W+X in between. @@ -452,12 +453,6 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void) /* Recover page to RW mode before releasing it */ void free_insn_page(void *page) { - /* - * First make the page non-executable, and then only then make it - * writable to prevent it from being W+X in between. - */ - set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page, 1); - set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page, 1); module_memfree(page); } -- 2.17.1
