From 1bcdd8548286743e1d6b3d53c96a90c6da975620 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Helge Deller Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:21:06 -0700 Subject: [PARISC] Add CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA to protect read-only data Add the parisc version of the "mark rodata section read only" patches. Based on code from and Signed-off-by Arjan van de Ven , Ingo Molnar , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds . Signed-off-by: Helge Deller Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin --- arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug') diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug index 8caaed187a1f..9166bd117267 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug @@ -11,4 +11,14 @@ config DEBUG_RWLOCK too many attempts. If you suspect a rwlock problem or a kernel hacker asks for this option then say Y. Otherwise say N. +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 TLB anymore. + If in doubt, say "N". + endmenu -- cgit v1.2.2