linux/kernel
Bernd Schmidt eb8cdec4a9 nommu: add support for Memory Protection Units (MPU)
Some architectures (like the Blackfin arch) implement some of the
"simpler" features that one would expect out of a MMU such as memory
protection.

In our case, we actually get read/write/exec protection down to the page
boundary so processes can't stomp on each other let alone the kernel.

There is a performance decrease (which depends greatly on the workload)
however as the hardware/software interaction was not optimized at design
time.

Signed-off-by: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-22 07:17:43 -07:00
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gcov powerpc: Enable GCOV 2009-08-20 10:29:28 +10:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-threaded-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-11 13:21:31 -07:00
power oom: move oom_killer_enable()/oom_killer_disable to where they belong 2009-09-22 07:17:38 -07:00
time Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-18 09:15:24 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'perfcounters-rename-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-21 09:15:07 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c bsdacct: switch credentials for writing to the accounting file 2009-08-24 11:33:40 +10:00
async.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c
audit.h
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup_debug.c
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c const: mark remaining inode_operations as const 2009-09-22 07:17:24 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
cpu.c Merge branch 'x86-pat-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-15 09:19:38 -07:00
cpuset.c
cred-internals.h
cred.c CRED: Allow put_cred() to cope with a NULL groups list 2009-09-15 09:10:57 +10:00
delayacct.c headers: taskstats_kern.h trim 2009-09-18 09:48:52 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events 2009-09-21 14:28:04 +02:00
extable.c
fork.c oom: move oom_adj value from task_struct to signal_struct 2009-09-22 07:17:39 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c futex: Fix compat_futex to be same as futex for REQUEUE_PI 2009-08-10 15:41:12 +02:00
futex.c Merge branch 'core-futexes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-11 13:16:22 -07:00
groups.c
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-18 09:15:24 -07:00
hung_task.c
itimer.c
kallsyms.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c
kfifo.c kfifo: Use "const" definitions 2009-09-19 13:13:17 -07:00
kgdb.c
kmod.c Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-11 13:24:03 -07:00
kprobes.c Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core 2009-08-11 14:19:09 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c sched: Keep kthreads at default priority 2009-09-09 17:30:06 +02:00
latencytop.c
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc8' into core/locking 2009-08-31 18:05:25 +02:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c lockdep: Remove recursion stattistics 2009-08-29 13:22:36 +02:00
Makefile Merge branch 'perfcounters-rename-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-21 09:15:07 -07:00
module.c nommu: add support for Memory Protection Units (MPU) 2009-09-22 07:17:43 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
notifier.c
ns_cgroup.c
nsproxy.c
panic.c
params.c
perf_event.c perf: Tidy up after the big rename 2009-09-21 14:34:11 +02:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c mm: also use alloc_large_system_hash() for the PID hash table 2009-09-22 07:17:38 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c
posix-cpu-timers.c posix_cpu_timers_exit_group(): Do not use thread_group_cputimer() 2009-08-08 18:30:25 +02:00
posix-timers.c time: Introduce CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE 2009-08-21 21:43:46 +02:00
printk.c cleanup console_print() 2009-09-14 17:41:42 -07:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: Switch /proc/irq/prof_cpu_mask to seq_file 2009-09-20 20:15:40 +02:00
ptrace.c
rcupdate.c rcu: Fix whitespace inconsistencies 2009-09-19 08:53:22 +02:00
rcutorture.c rcu: Fix whitespace inconsistencies 2009-09-19 08:53:22 +02:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Fix whitespace inconsistencies 2009-09-19 08:53:22 +02:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Fix whitespace inconsistencies 2009-09-19 08:53:22 +02:00
rcutree.c rcu: Fix whitespace inconsistencies 2009-09-19 08:53:22 +02:00
rcutree.h rcu: Fix whitespace inconsistencies 2009-09-19 08:53:22 +02:00
relay.c
res_counter.c
resource.c
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched_clock: Make it NMI safe 2009-09-18 20:47:30 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c
sched_cpupri.h
sched_debug.c sched: Add new wakeup preemption mode: WAKEUP_RUNNING 2009-09-17 10:17:25 +02:00
sched_fair.c Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-21 09:06:17 -07:00
sched_features.h sched: Add new wakeup preemption mode: WAKEUP_RUNNING 2009-09-17 10:17:25 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Simplify sys_sched_rr_get_interval() system call 2009-09-21 09:53:55 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: Simplify sys_sched_rr_get_interval() system call 2009-09-21 09:53:55 +02:00
sched_stats.h
sched.c Merge branch 'perfcounters-rename-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-21 09:15:07 -07:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c
slow-work.c
smp.c Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/pat 2009-08-26 17:24:28 -07:00
softirq.c softirq: add BLOCK_IOPOLL to softirq_to_name 2009-09-17 15:53:44 -04:00
softlockup.c
spinlock.c locking: Allow arch-inlined spinlocks 2009-08-31 18:08:50 +02:00
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events 2009-09-21 14:28:04 +02:00
sys.c perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events 2009-09-21 14:28:04 +02:00
sysctl_check.c
sysctl.c perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events 2009-09-21 14:28:04 +02:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Prevent 32 bit overflow with set_normalized_timespec() 2009-09-15 10:17:30 +02:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events 2009-09-21 14:28:04 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Don't trace kernel thread syscalls 2009-08-26 21:29:52 +02:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
wait.c locking, sched: Give waitqueue spinlocks their own lockdep classes 2009-08-10 14:43:09 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-11 13:23:18 -07:00