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diff --git a/include/linux/execmem.h b/include/linux/execmem.h
index ca42d5e46ccc..7de229134e30 100644
--- a/include/linux/execmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/execmem.h
@@ -54,33 +54,17 @@ enum execmem_range_flags {
EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE = (1 << 1),
};
-#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX) && defined(CONFIG_EXECMEM)
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX
/**
* execmem_fill_trapping_insns - set memory to contain instructions that
* will trap
* @ptr: pointer to memory to fill
* @size: size of the range to fill
- * @writable: is the memory poited by @ptr is writable or ROX
*
* A hook for architecures to fill execmem ranges with invalid instructions.
* Architectures that use EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE must implement this.
*/
-void execmem_fill_trapping_insns(void *ptr, size_t size, bool writable);
-
-/**
- * execmem_make_temp_rw - temporarily remap region with read-write
- * permissions
- * @ptr: address of the region to remap
- * @size: size of the region to remap
- *
- * Remaps a part of the cached large page in the ROX cache in the range
- * [@ptr, @ptr + @size) as writable and not executable. The caller must
- * have exclusive ownership of this range and ensure nothing will try to
- * execute code in this range.
- *
- * Return: 0 on success or negative error code on failure.
- */
-int execmem_make_temp_rw(void *ptr, size_t size);
+void execmem_fill_trapping_insns(void *ptr, size_t size);
/**
* execmem_restore_rox - restore read-only-execute permissions
@@ -94,15 +78,8 @@ int execmem_make_temp_rw(void *ptr, size_t size);
* Return: 0 on success or negative error code on failure.
*/
int execmem_restore_rox(void *ptr, size_t size);
-
-/*
- * Called from mark_readonly(), where the system transitions to ROX.
- */
-void execmem_cache_make_ro(void);
#else
-static inline int execmem_make_temp_rw(void *ptr, size_t size) { return 0; }
static inline int execmem_restore_rox(void *ptr, size_t size) { return 0; }
-static inline void execmem_cache_make_ro(void) { }
#endif
/**
@@ -172,6 +149,28 @@ struct execmem_info *execmem_arch_setup(void);
void *execmem_alloc(enum execmem_type type, size_t size);
/**
+ * execmem_alloc_rw - allocate writable executable memory
+ * @type: type of the allocation
+ * @size: how many bytes of memory are required
+ *
+ * Allocates memory that will contain executable code, either generated or
+ * loaded from kernel modules.
+ *
+ * Allocates memory that will contain data coupled with executable code,
+ * like data sections in kernel modules.
+ *
+ * Forces writable permissions on the allocated memory and the caller is
+ * responsible to manage the permissions afterwards.
+ *
+ * For architectures that use ROX cache the permissions will be set to R+W.
+ * For architectures that don't use ROX cache the default permissions for @type
+ * will be used as they must be writable.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL
+ */
+void *execmem_alloc_rw(enum execmem_type type, size_t size);
+
+/**
* execmem_free - free executable memory
* @ptr: pointer to the memory that should be freed
*/
@@ -192,19 +191,6 @@ struct vm_struct *execmem_vmap(size_t size);
#endif
/**
- * execmem_update_copy - copy an update to executable memory
- * @dst: destination address to update
- * @src: source address containing the data
- * @size: how many bytes of memory shold be copied
- *
- * Copy @size bytes from @src to @dst using text poking if the memory at
- * @dst is read-only.
- *
- * Return: a pointer to @dst or NULL on error
- */
-void *execmem_update_copy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
-
-/**
* execmem_is_rox - check if execmem is read-only
* @type - the execmem type to check
*