Re: [PATCH v7 00/14] x86/alternative: text_poke() enhancements

[Nadav Amit]

> On Dec 6, 2018, at 2:03 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:33:54PM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> Which leads me to (b) - the patch-set is big "enough" IMHO. Indeed,
>> there are open security issues in the kernel when it comes to W^X.  But
>> some people would want to use Andy's temporary mm-struct for other uses.
>> So additional security hardening may be left for future patches.
> 
> Yes, at the very least we should get the first 7 patches merged, since
> they work and clean up the text poking irrespective of all that W^X
> munging.
> 
> (also, I think you lost my ACK)

Sorry for that. I will add.

But first, Thomas, Andy, are you ok with going with the first 7 patches?

IIRC, you are the one who asked to add the handling of modules, since it was
not clear whether some synchronization is needed after the poking (that is
done w/memcpy in this early stage).

I can add synchronization if needed until the rest of the series gets in.