Re: [PATCH] (IA64) Fix ugly __[PS]* macros in <asm-ia64/pgtable.h>

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:26:00 +0100, Jamie Lokier <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

  >> As you can see, the data-segment is mapped with EXEC bit turned on.
  >> Ditto for the stack segment, which I think is this one:

  >> 000000011fffe000-0000000120000000 rwxp 0000000000000000 00:00 0

  Jamie> The stack is mapped executable, and the data segment is mapped
  Jamie> non-executable, according to /proc/self/maps which reflects the
  Jamie> PROT_EXEC request.  But in fact because of hardware limitations,
  Jamie> despite the "rw-p" my data segment is actually executable.

Yes, but Alpha doesn't have this limitation.

  Jamie> If you map a segment without PROT_EXEC on Alpha, using a kernel newer
  Jamie> than 1.1.84, you'll get a non-executable mapping.

Sure.

  Jamie> That's what I mean when I say the Alpha maps data without
  Jamie> executable permission.  The ELF loader appears to ask for
  Jamie> exec permission anyway, which is another thing entirely.

It's not the ELF loader, it's the kernel.  See VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS
in asm-alpha/page.h.

	--david
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