Re: [PATCH] mm: testcases for RODATA: fix config dependency

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Feb 15 2017 - 16:00:26 EST


On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:36:37 -0800 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
> > bool "Testcase for the marking rodata read-only"
> > - depends on DEBUG_RODATA
> > + depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
> > ---help---
> > This option enables a testcase for the setting rodata read-only.
>
> Great, thanks!
>
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Andrew, do you want to take this patch, since it applies on top of
> "mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA", or do you want me to
> take both patches into my KSPP tree which has the DEBUG_RODATA ->
> STRICT_KERNEL_RWX renaming series?

I staged this and mm-add-arch-independent-testcases-for-rodata.patch
after linux-next and shall merge them after the STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
rename has gone into mainline.