Re: [PATCH] x86, um: actually mark system call tables readonly

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Sat Jan 03 2015 - 16:41:17 EST


Am 03.01.2015 um 13:11 schrieb Daniel Borkmann:
> Commit a074335a370e ("x86, um: Mark system call tables readonly") was
> supposed to mark the sys_call_table in UML as RO by adding the const,
> but it doesn't have the desired effect as it's nevertheless being placed
> into the data section since __cacheline_aligned enforces sys_call_table
> being placed into .data..cacheline_aligned instead. We need to use
> the ____cacheline_aligned version instead to fix this issue.

__ vs. ___ oh my...
I'll pick up this patch.

Thanks a lot Daniel!
//richard

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