* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > * tip-bot for Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Commit-ID: 01ab31371da90a795b774d87edf2c21bb3a64dda > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/01ab31371da90a795b774d87edf2c21bb3a64dda > > Author: Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> > > AuthorDate: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:27:55 -0500 > > Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> > > CommitDate: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:11:24 -0800 > > > > x86, mm: NX protection for kernel data > > > > This patch expands functionality of CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA to set main > > (static) kernel data area as NX. > > -tip testing is seeing boot hangs along the lines of: > > [ 15.568108] EXT3-fs (sda1): recovery complete > [ 15.573064] EXT3-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode > [ 15.580313] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly on device 8:1. > [ 15.584021] async_waiting @ 1 > [ 15.588008] async_continuing @ 1 after 0 usec > [ 15.592163] Freeing unused kernel memory: 540k freed > [ 15.600126] NX-protecting the kernel data: c15ab000, 2919 pages > > which i suspect could be due to the commit above. Yep, that's confirmed now, applying these 3 reverts makes it boot fine: 833e0ca: Revert "x86, mm: NX protection for kernel data" ce4b6b4: Revert "x86: RO/NX protection for loadable kernel modules" e357312: Revert "module: fix () used as prototype in include/linux/module.h" Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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