The patch titled Subject: mm: remove rodata_test_data export, add pr_fmt has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: remove rodata_test_data export, add pr_fmt Since commit 3ad38ceb2769 ("x86/mm: Remove CONFIG_DEBUG_NX_TEST"), nothing is using the exported rodata_test_data variable, so drop the export. Additionally updates the pr_fmt to avoid redundant strings and adjusts some whitespace. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170307005313.GA85809@beast Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jinbum Park <jinb.park7@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <> --- include/linux/rodata_test.h | 1 - mm/rodata_test.c | 17 +++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/rodata_test.h~mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt include/linux/rodata_test.h --- a/include/linux/rodata_test.h~mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt +++ a/include/linux/rodata_test.h @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ #define _RODATA_TEST_H #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST -extern const int rodata_test_data; void rodata_test(void); #else static inline void rodata_test(void) {} diff -puN mm/rodata_test.c~mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt mm/rodata_test.c --- a/mm/rodata_test.c~mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt +++ a/mm/rodata_test.c @@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 * of the License. */ +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "rodata_test: " fmt + #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <asm/sections.h> const int rodata_test_data = 0xC3; -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rodata_test_data); void rodata_test(void) { @@ -23,20 +24,20 @@ void rodata_test(void) /* test 1: read the value */ /* If this test fails, some previous testrun has clobbered the state */ if (!rodata_test_data) { - pr_err("rodata_test: test 1 fails (start data)\n"); + pr_err("test 1 fails (start data)\n"); return; } /* test 2: write to the variable; this should fault */ if (!probe_kernel_write((void *)&rodata_test_data, - (void *)&zero, sizeof(zero))) { - pr_err("rodata_test: test data was not read only\n"); + (void *)&zero, sizeof(zero))) { + pr_err("test data was not read only\n"); return; } /* test 3: check the value hasn't changed */ if (rodata_test_data == zero) { - pr_err("rodata_test: test data was changed\n"); + pr_err("test data was changed\n"); return; } @@ -44,13 +45,13 @@ void rodata_test(void) start = (unsigned long)__start_rodata; end = (unsigned long)__end_rodata; if (start & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) { - pr_err("rodata_test: start of .rodata is not page size aligned\n"); + pr_err("start of .rodata is not page size aligned\n"); return; } if (end & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) { - pr_err("rodata_test: end of .rodata is not page size aligned\n"); + pr_err("end of .rodata is not page size aligned\n"); return; } - pr_info("rodata_test: all tests were successful\n"); + pr_info("all tests were successful\n"); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-remove-rodata_test_data-export-add-pr_fmt.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html