3 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
index e2c6e64a85ec..fcb06a50fdd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ config INIT_DEBUG
           Fill __init and __initdata at the end of boot. This helps debugging
           illegal uses of __init and __initdata after initialization.
 
+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 IOMMU_DEBUG
        depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
        bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
index c016dfe84784..1faae5fc1c01 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -498,6 +498,29 @@ void free_initmem(void)
         printk ("Freeing unused kernel memory: %luk freed\n", (__init_end - __init_begin) >> 10);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+
+extern char __start_rodata, __end_rodata;
+void mark_rodata_ro(void)
+{
+        unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)&__start_rodata;
+
+        for (; addr < (unsigned long)&__end_rodata; addr += PAGE_SIZE)
+                change_page_attr_addr(addr, 1, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
+
+        printk ("Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
+                        (&__end_rodata - &__start_rodata) >> 10);
+
+        /*
+         * change_page_attr_addr() requires a global_flush_tlb() call after it.
+         * We do this after the printk so that if something went wrong in the
+         * change, the printk gets out at least to give a better debug hint
+         * of who is the culprit.
+         */
+        global_flush_tlb();
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-x86_64/cacheflush.h
index b3189fb229d1..d32f7f58752a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/cacheflush.h
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ void global_flush_tlb(void);
 int change_page_attr(struct page *page, int numpages, pgprot_t prot);
 int change_page_attr_addr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, pgprot_t prot);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+void mark_rodata_ro(void);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _X8664_CACHEFLUSH_H */