Re: [PATCH v2] arm64/cpufeature: annotate arm64_use_ng_mappings with ro_after_init to prevent wrong idmap generation

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Sat May 03 2025 - 06:16:32 EST


On Fri, 02 May 2025 19:04:12 +0100, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> create_init_idmap() could be called before .bss section initialization
> which is done in early_map_kernel().
> Therefore, data/test_prot could be set incorrectly by PTE_MAYBE_NG macro.
>
> PTE_MAYBE_NG macro set NG bit according to value of "arm64_use_ng_mappings".
> and this variable places in .bss section.
>
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/fixes), with some slight tweaking of the
comment, thanks!

[1/1] arm64/cpufeature: annotate arm64_use_ng_mappings with ro_after_init to prevent wrong idmap generation
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/12657bcd1835

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Catalin