+ mm-dont-allow-executable-ioremap-mappings.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm: don't allow executable ioremap mappings
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-dont-allow-executable-ioremap-mappings.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-dont-allow-executable-ioremap-mappings.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-dont-allow-executable-ioremap-mappings.patch

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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: mm: don't allow executable ioremap mappings

There is no need to execute from iomem (and most platforms it is
impossible anyway), so add the pgprot_nx() call similar to vmap.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210824091259.1324527-3-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/vmalloc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-dont-allow-executable-ioremap-mappings
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int ioremap_page_range(unsigned long add
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = vmap_range_noflush(addr, end, phys_addr, prot,
+	err = vmap_range_noflush(addr, end, phys_addr, pgprot_nx(prot),
 				 ioremap_max_page_shift);
 	flush_cache_vmap(addr, end);
 	return err;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hch@xxxxxx are

mmc-jz4740-remove-the-flush_kernel_dcache_page-call-in-jz4740_mmc_read_data.patch
mmc-mmc_spi-replace-flush_kernel_dcache_page-with-flush_dcache_page.patch
scatterlist-replace-flush_kernel_dcache_page-with-flush_dcache_page.patch
mm-remove-flush_kernel_dcache_page.patch
mm-move-ioremap_page_range-to-vmallocc.patch
mm-dont-allow-executable-ioremap-mappings.patch
proc-stop-using-seq_get_buf-in-proc_task_name.patch
kernel-unexport-get_mmtask_exe_file.patch
mm-unexport-folio_memcg_unlock.patch
mm-unexport-unlock_page_memcg.patch




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