APPLIED[xenial/kvm]: [linux-kvm-x][PATCHv2] enable CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Wed May 23 15:05:02 UTC 2018


On 07.05.2018 09:19, Po-Hsu Lin wrote:
> == Justification ==
> In Xenial KVM kernel, the CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is enabled, security team would like to see CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA to be enabled as well.
> 
> == Test ==
> Before enabling the config the test_072_config_debug_rodata test from qa-regression-testing will fail. After that, the test will pass.
> A test kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA enabled in Xenial KVM could be found here:
> http://people.canonical.com/~phlin/kernel/lp-1760643/
> 
> == Fix ==
> Enable the CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA.
> Some other configs were enabled just for skipping the interaction during the compilation.
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> Minimal.
> No code changes, just one config enabled without disabling any other configs.
> 
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760643
> 
> Po-Hsu Lin (1):
>   UBUNTU: kvm: [config] enable CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
> 
>  debian.kvm/config/config.common.ubuntu | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
Applied to xenial/kvm master-next.

-Stefan

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