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authorAndrew Bresticker <abrestic@rivosinc.com>2022-09-15 15:37:02 -0400
committerPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>2022-09-22 09:44:59 -0700
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riscv: Allow PROT_WRITE-only mmap()
Commit 2139619bcad7 ("riscv: mmap with PROT_WRITE but no PROT_READ is invalid") made mmap() return EINVAL if PROT_WRITE was set wihtout PROT_READ with the justification that a write-only PTE is considered a reserved PTE permission bit pattern in the privileged spec. This check is unnecessary since we let VM_WRITE imply VM_READ on RISC-V, and it is inconsistent with other architectures that don't support write-only PTEs, creating a potential software portability issue. Just remove the check altogether and let PROT_WRITE imply PROT_READ as is the case on other architectures. Note that this also allows PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC mappings which were disallowed prior to the aforementioned commit; PROT_READ is implied in such mappings as well. Fixes: 2139619bcad7 ("riscv: mmap with PROT_WRITE but no PROT_READ is invalid") Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@rivosinc.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220915193702.2201018-3-abrestic@rivosinc.com/ Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
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