Re: [PATCH 1/2] riscv: mm: make EXECMEM_KPROBES writable without ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX

From: Nam Cao

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 06:47:44 EST


Xiaofeng Yuan <xiaofengmian@xxxxxxx> writes:
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> index 5b1b3c88b..21794e7bb 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> @@ -1457,7 +1457,9 @@ struct execmem_info __init *execmem_arch_setup(void)
> [EXECMEM_KPROBES] = {
> .start = VMALLOC_START,
> .end = VMALLOC_END,
> - .pgprot = PAGE_KERNEL_READ_EXEC,
> + .pgprot = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX) ?
> + PAGE_KERNEL_READ_EXEC :
> + PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
> .alignment = 1,
> },
> [EXECMEM_BPF] = {

CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX=n for RISC-V, so this is just

.pgprot = PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,

Since this is only needed when CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=n, shouldn't the
condition be based on that instead?

Nam