Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc

* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc:
  [POWERPC] Clean up duplicate includes in drivers/macintosh/
  [POWERPC] Quiet section mismatch warning on pcibios_setup
  [POWERPC] init and exit markings for hvc_iseries
  [POWERPC] Quiet section mismatch in hvc_rtas.c
  [POWERPC] Constify of_platform_driver match_table
  [POWERPC] hvcs: Make some things static and const
  [POWERPC] Constify of_platform_driver name
  [POWERPC] MPIC protected sources
  [POWERPC] of_detach_node()'s device node argument cannot be const
  [POWERPC] Fix ARCH=ppc builds
  [POWERPC] mv64x60: Use mutex instead of semaphore
  [POWERPC] Allow smp_call_function_single() to current cpu
  [POWERPC] Allow exec faults on readable areas on classic 32-bit PowerPC
  [POWERPC] Fix future firmware feature fixups function failure
  [POWERPC] fix showing xmon help
  [POWERPC] Make xmon_write accept a const buffer
  [POWERPC] Fix misspelled "CONFIG_CHECK_CACHE_COHERENCY" Kconfig option.
  [POWERPC] cell: CONFIG_SPE_BASE is a typo

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 3767211b3d0f..ab3546c5ac3a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -283,7 +283,13 @@ good_area:
                 /* protection fault */
                 if (error_code & DSISR_PROTFAULT)
                         goto bad_area;
-                if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC))
+                /*
+                 * Allow execution from readable areas if the MMU does not
+                 * provide separate controls over reading and executing.
+                 */
+                if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) &&
+                    (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_NOEXECUTE) ||
+                     !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE))))
                         goto bad_area;
 #else
                 pte_t *ptep;