[RFC PATCH 0/6] x86: text_poke() fixes

2018-08-29 Thread Nadav Amit
This patch-set addresses some issues that were raised in the recent correspondence and might affect the security and the correctness of code patching. (Note that patching performance is not addressed by this patch-set). The main issue that the patches deal with is the fact that the fixmap PTEs

[RFC PATCH 0/6] x86: text_poke() fixes

2018-08-29 Thread Nadav Amit
This patch-set addresses some issues that were raised in the recent correspondence and might affect the security and the correctness of code patching. (Note that patching performance is not addressed by this patch-set). The main issue that the patches deal with is the fact that the fixmap PTEs