Re: [PATCH 1/1] Ddrivers: hv: Turn off write permission on the hypercall page

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On Wed,  8 Feb 2017 18:30:56 -0700
kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The hypercall page only needs to be executable but currently it is setup to
> be writable as well. Fix the issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> index c224b7d..db64baf 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void hyperv_init(void)
>  	guest_id = generate_guest_id(0, LINUX_VERSION_CODE, 0);
>  	wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, guest_id);
>  
> -	hypercall_pg  = __vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
> +	hypercall_pg  = __vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
>  	if (hypercall_pg == NULL) {
>  		wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, 0);

Verified that this fixes the original problem.
I don't see the warning anymore and the guest works normally.

Reported-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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