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mm/execmem: Unify early execmem_cache behaviour
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:30:11 +0000 (16:30 +0200)
committerDave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 9 May 2025 20:33:20 +0000 (13:33 -0700)
commitd6d1e3e6580ca35071ad474381f053cbf1fb6414
tree3f7e32bd070bdc785a93423464a03c7f5a0cc11b
parentf0cd7091cc5a032c8870b4285305d9172569d126
mm/execmem: Unify early execmem_cache behaviour

Early kernel memory is RWX, only at the end of early boot (before SMP)
do we mark things ROX. Have execmem_cache mirror this behaviour for
early users.

This avoids having to remember what code is execmem and what is not --
we can poke everything with impunity ;-) Also performance for not
having to do endless text_poke_mm switches.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
include/linux/execmem.h
mm/execmem.c