Re: JIT emulator needs

[H. Peter Anvin]

Albert Cahalan wrote:
> There is an SE Linux execmem restriction that enforces W^X.
> Assuming you don't wish to just disable SE Linux, there are
> two ugly ways around the problem.

This should be fixed in SELinux, or more accurately the SELinux profile.

There is absolutely no other sane option.

Of course, you generally don't need a page to be writable and executable
at the same time, but the overhead of switching can be enormous.

	-hpa
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/