Re: [PATCH v6 00/24] x86: text_poke() fixes and executable lockdowns

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Apr 27 2019 - 06:22:22 EST



* nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> *
> * This version fixes failed boots on 32-bit that were reported by 0day.
> * Patch 5 is added to initialize uprobes during fork initialization.
> * Patch 7 (which was 6 in the previous version) is updated - the code is
> * moved to common mm-init code with no further changes.
> *
>
> This patchset improves several overlapping issues around stale TLB
> entries and W^X violations. It is combined from "x86/alternative:
> text_poke() enhancements v7" [1] and "Don't leave executable TLB entries
> to freed pages v2" [2] patchsets that were conflicting.

Which tree is this again? It doesn't apply to Linus's latest nor to -tip
cleanly.

Thanks,

Ingo