Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: print additional fault message when executing non-exec memory

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 08:41:31PM +0800, Xiang Zheng wrote:
> When attempting to executing non-executable memory, the fault message
> shows:
> 
>   Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address
>   ffff802dac469000
> 
> This may confuse someone, so add a new fault message for instruction
> abort.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiang Zheng <zhengxiang9@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> index 9fc6db0bcbad..9adec86d0f8a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> @@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ static void __do_kernel_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
>  	if (is_el1_permission_fault(addr, esr, regs)) {
>  		if (esr & ESR_ELx_WNR)
>  			msg = "write to read-only memory";
> +		else if (is_el1_instruction_abort(esr))
> +			msg = "execute from non-executable memory";
>  		else
>  			msg = "read from unreadable memory";
>  	} else if (addr < PAGE_SIZE) {

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

Will