AFAIK this has no effect whatsoever unless x86 suddenly turns into a nommu architecture. Nonetheless, not setting it is suspicious.
Reported-by: Nathan Lynch <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/vdso/vma.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c index dbef622..970463b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int map_vdso(const struct vdso_image *image, bool calculate_addr) vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, addr, -image->sym_vvar_start, - VM_READ, + VM_READ|VM_MAYREAD, &vvar_mapping); if (IS_ERR(vma)) { -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
