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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 3767211b3d0..ab3546c5ac3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -283,7 +283,13 @@ good_area:
/* protection fault */
if (error_code & DSISR_PROTFAULT)
goto bad_area;
- if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC))
+ /*
+ * Allow execution from readable areas if the MMU does not
+ * provide separate controls over reading and executing.
+ */
+ if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) &&
+ (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_NOEXECUTE) ||
+ !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE))))
goto bad_area;
#else
pte_t *ptep;