[PATCH] x86/x86_64: mark rodata section read only: x86 parts
x86 specific parts to make the .rodata section read only
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
index c48b424..bf32ecc 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
of memory corruptions.
+config DEBUG_RODATA
+ bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
+ in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
+ data. This option may have a slight performance impact because a
+ portion of the kernel code won't be covered by a 2MB TLB anymore.
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+
config 4KSTACKS
bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL