Re: [PATCH] (IA64) Fix ugly __[PS]* macros in <asm-ia64/pgtable.h>

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:28:44 +0100, Jamie Lokier <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

  >>  I know why: back in those days, GCC emitted code for nested C
  >> functions that assumed an executable stack.  Also, Linus wasn't
  >> terribly eager to turn off execute-permission on data/stacks.
  >> Even on ia64 we started out that way, until I saw the error in my
  >> ways.

  Jamie> We're both wrong.

No, Alpha Linux didn't map data without execute permission.

  Jamie> What it doesn't have is write-only.

Yes, that one is because earlier Alphas couldn't do subword stores, so
WRITE-permission necessitated READ-permission.

	--david
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