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Message-ID: <20170125144149.GA970@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:41:49 -0800
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Jinbum Park <jinb.park7@...il.com>
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
	keescook@...omium.org, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	akpm@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, labbott@...hat.com,
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, mark.rutland@....com,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:18:33PM +0900, Jinbum Park wrote:
> +	/* test 2: write to the variable; this should fault */
> +	/*
> +	 * This must be written in assembly to be able to catch the
> +	 * exception that is supposed to happen in the correct case.
> +	 *
> +	 * So that probe_kernel_write is used to write
> +	 * arch-independent assembly.
> +	 */

This comment makes no sense.  Better to just delete the comment.

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