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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-08-03 21:36:46 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-08-03 21:36:46 -0700 |
| commit | 0e76a3a587fc7abda2badf249053b427baad255e (patch) | |
| tree | 646a1da67dc25654552028225ca4b7a0a8043cc9 /arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | |
| parent | fba3679d34511c42bf452e89dda457a1219eb43a (diff) | |
| parent | 72a67a94bcba71a5fddd6b3596a20604d2b5dcd6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-0e76a3a587fc7abda2badf249053b427baad255e.tar.gz | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Merge net into net-next to setup some infrastructure Eric
Dumazet needs for usbnet changes.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/mm/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig index 6cacdc8dd654..db5c2cab8fda 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig @@ -421,24 +421,28 @@ config CPU_32v3 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU + select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS config CPU_32v4 bool select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU + select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS config CPU_32v4T bool select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU + select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS config CPU_32v5 bool select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU + select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS config CPU_32v6 bool @@ -776,6 +780,7 @@ config CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE config TLS_REG_EMUL bool + select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS help An SMP system using a pre-ARMv6 processor (there are apparently a few prototypes like that in existence) and therefore access to @@ -783,11 +788,40 @@ config TLS_REG_EMUL config NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG bool + select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS help SMP on a pre-ARMv6 processor? Well OK then. Forget about fast user space cmpxchg support. It is just not possible. +config NEED_KUSER_HELPERS + bool + +config KUSER_HELPERS + bool "Enable kuser helpers in vector page" if !NEED_KUSER_HELPERS + default y + help + Warning: disabling this option may break user programs. + + Provide kuser helpers in the vector page. The kernel provides + helper code to userspace in read only form at a fixed location + in the high vector page to allow userspace to be independent of + the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be + run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification. + + However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used + by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating + exploits. + + If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform + are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of + these helpers, then you can turn this option off. However, + when such an binary or library is run, it will receive a SIGILL + signal, which will terminate the program. + + Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not + need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y. + config DMA_CACHE_RWFO bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance" depends on CPU_V6K && SMP |