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Andrew Bresticker 9e2e6042a7
 riscv: Allow PROT_WRITE-only mmap() 
Commit 2139619bca ("riscv: mmap with PROT_WRITE but no PROT_READ is
invalid") made mmap() return EINVAL if PROT_WRITE was set wihtout
PROT_READ with the justification that a write-only PTE is considered a
reserved PTE permission bit pattern in the privileged spec. This check
is unnecessary since we let VM_WRITE imply VM_READ on RISC-V, and it is
inconsistent with other architectures that don't support write-only PTEs,
creating a potential software portability issue. Just remove the check
altogether and let PROT_WRITE imply PROT_READ as is the case on other
architectures.

Note that this also allows PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC mappings which were
disallowed prior to the aforementioned commit; PROT_READ is implied in
such mappings as well.

Fixes: 2139619bca ("riscv: mmap with PROT_WRITE but no PROT_READ is invalid")
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@rivosinc.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220915193702.2201018-3-abrestic@rivosinc.com/
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
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README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.