Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] riscv: fix text patching on minimal kernel configs
Paul Walmsley <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 14 Aug 2026, Xiaofeng Yuan wrote: > This series fixes two related issues that break kprobes and kernel text > patching on RISC-V configurations where CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX is not > available (e.g. CONFIG_MODULES=n). > > Patch 1 makes the EXECMEM_KPROBES range writable when > CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX is disabled, so kprobe instruction slot writes > do not fault on read-only executable pages. > > Patch 2 makes patch_map() skip the temporary fixmap mapping when the > kernel text is already writable, i.e. when CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is > disabled. The module text path is still gated on CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX. Thanks, queued for v7.3-rc. - Paul _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv