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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 8 |
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; |