On Fri, 23 Mar 2018, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2018, Dave Hansen wrote: > > > On 03/23/2018 12:15 PM, Shakeel Butt wrote: > > >> We had a check for PROT_READ/WRITE, but it did not work > > >> for PROT_NONE. This entirely removes the PROT_* checks, > > >> which ensures that PROT_NONE now works. > > >> > > >> Reported-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > >> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Should there be a 'Fixes' tag? Also should this patch go to stable? > > > > There could be, but I'm to lazy to dig up the original commit. Does it > > matter? > > > > And, yes, I think it probably makes sense for -stable. I'll add that if > > I resend this series. > > The fixes tag makes sense in general even if the patch is not tagged for > stable. It gives you immediate context and I use it a lot to look why this > went unnoticed or what the context of that change was. That said, I'm even lazier than you and prefer you to dig up the original commit :) Thanks, tglx
