Re: kernel .text and .rodata

[Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost> wrote:
>> .rodata is set as XN, right?
>
> Since all of memory  is usually direct-mapped these days, the 16MB
> supersection that holds the kernel text doesn't have XN even though
> it's RW.

o all memory is direct-mapped as RW w/ XN (no executable)
o .text (including .rodata) is mapped as RW w/o XN (executable)

?  I hope you meant .text is RO...