Re: [PATCH v3 00/20] Merge text_poke fixes and executable lockdowns

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Fri Feb 22 2019 - 13:32:27 EST


On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 17:14 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 03:44:31PM -0800, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> > Changes v2 to v3:
> > - Fix commit messages and comments [Boris]
> > - Rename VM_HAS_SPECIAL_PERMS [Boris]
> > - Remove unnecessary local variables [Boris]
> > - Rename set_alias_*() functions [Boris, Andy]
> > - Save/restore DR registers when using temporary mm
> > - Move line deletion from patch 10 to patch 17
>
> In your previous submission there was a patch called
>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 01/20] Fix "x86/alternatives: Lockdep-enforce text_mutex in
> text_poke*()"
>
> What happened to it?
>
> It did introduce a function text_poke_kgdb(), a.o., and I see this
> function in the diff contexts in some of the patches in this submission
> so it looks to me like you missed that first patch when submitting v3?
>
> Or am *I* missing something?
>
> Thx.
>
Oh, you are right! Sorry about that. I'll just send a new version with fixes for
other comments instead of a resend of this one.

Thanks,

Rick