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Hi, |
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:13:49 -0400 NP-Hardass wrote: |
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> This is the first draft of a news item describing a packaging change for |
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> OpenAFS so that we no longer require the DEBUG_RODATA be turned off. |
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This is a second try with rewording of the first paragraph, since |
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it was suggested that it is a bit awkward. |
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Title: OpenAFS no longer needs kernel option DEBUG_RODATA |
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Author: NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@g.o> |
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Author: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> |
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Content-Type: text/plain |
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Posted: 2016-07-23 |
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Revision: 1 |
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News-Item-Format: 1.0 |
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Display-If-Installed: <=net-fs/openafs-kernel-1.6.18.2 |
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Display-If-Keyword: amd64 |
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Display-If-Keyword: ~amd64-linux |
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Display-If-Keyword: ~sparc |
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Display-If-Keyword: x86 |
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Display-If-Keyword: ~x86-linux |
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As a result of bug #127084 [1], it was determined that OpenAFS's |
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kernel module required that the kernel's data structures be |
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read-write (CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=n). With recent OpenAFS versions |
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this limitation is no longer required. We tested the latest version |
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of OpenAFS with Linux kernels from 3.4 till 4.6, and determined that |
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OpenAFS kernel module works fine with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y. |
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Starting with net-fs/openafs-kernel-1.6.18.2, this condition is no |
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longer forced in the ebuild. Considering the security implications |
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of having CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA turned off, it is highly advised that |
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you adjust your kernel config accordingly. Please note that the |
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default setting for CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA is "y" and unless you have |
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another reason for keeping it disabled, we highly recommend that |
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you re-enable CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. |
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[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127084 |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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