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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-09-21 12:43:06 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-09-21 12:45:25 -0700
commit8bd753be7a96443dd5111cb07ed5907a3787c978 (patch)
treef97db44a7bda6557f5730d42b02e4155e0969fd8 /arch/x86/mm
parent05194cfc547528a01d655262c49da3b1311c4b11 (diff)
x86-32, mm: The WP test should be done on a kernel page
PAGE_READONLY includes user permission, but this is a page used exclusively by the kernel; use PAGE_KERNEL_RO instead. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1348256595-29119-3-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/init_32.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 575d86f85ce4..e537b351e8ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static void __init test_wp_bit(void)
"Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...");
/* Any page-aligned address will do, the test is non-destructive */
- __set_fixmap(FIX_WP_TEST, __pa(&swapper_pg_dir), PAGE_READONLY);
+ __set_fixmap(FIX_WP_TEST, __pa(&swapper_pg_dir), PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
boot_cpu_data.wp_works_ok = do_test_wp_bit();
clear_fixmap(FIX_WP_TEST);