Hi Miodrag, > When kernel is detecting the type of mapping it should apply : > > fs/binfmt_elf.c: > ... > if (elf_read_implies_exec(loc->elf_ex, executable_stack)) > current->personality |= READ_IMPLIES_EXEC; > ... > > this effectively calls mips_elf_read_implies_exec() which performs a check: > ... > if (!cpu_has_rixi) { > /* The CPU doesn't support non-executable memory */ > return 1; > } > > return 0; > } > > This will in turn make stack & heap executable on processors without > RIXI, which are practically all processors with MIPS ISA R < 6. > > We would like to have an option to override this and force > non-executable mappings for such systems.
Of course you can't force a non-executable mapping with a system where all valid pages are executable, as David has already noted. Did you mean the other condition, that is: if (exstack != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X) { /* The binary doesn't request a non-executable stack */ return 1; } ? In which case you do want to respect the lack of the RIXI feature, i.e.: int mips_elf_read_implies_exec(void *elf_ex, int exstack) { if (!cpu_has_rixi) { /* The CPU doesn't support non-executable memory */ return 1; } switch (nonxstack) { case EXSTACK_DISABLE_X: return 0; case EXSTACK_ENABLE_X: return 1; default: break; } if (exstack != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X) { /* The binary doesn't request a non-executable stack */ return 1; } return 0; } (I'd replace `break' with `return exstack != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X' and discard the code that follows, but that can be a separate optimisation). What problem are you trying to solve anyway? Is it not something that can be handled with the `execstack' utility? NB as someone has observed with programs that do not request a non-executable stack we actually propagate the execute permission to all data pages. Is it not something we would want to handle differently? Maciej -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html