diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
index 53979ac..f51f3af 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -48,4 +48,27 @@ config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
           against certain classes of kernel exploits.
           If in doubt, say "N".
 
+config DEBUG_RODATA
+	bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only"
+	help
+	  If this is set, kernel text and rodata will be made read-only. This
+	  is to help catch accidental or malicious attempts to change the
+	  kernel's executable code. Additionally splits rodata from kernel
+	  text so it can be made explicitly non-executable.
+
+          If in doubt, say Y
+
+config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
+	depends on DEBUG_RODATA
+	bool "Align linker sections up to SECTION_SIZE"
+	help
+	  If this option is enabled, sections that may potentially be marked as
+	  read only or non-executable will be aligned up to the section size of
+	  the kernel. This prevents sections from being split into pages and
+	  avoids a potential TLB penalty. The downside is an increase in
+	  alignment and potentially wasted space. Turn on this option if
+	  performance is more important than memory pressure.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4ba7a55..7643ae6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
 #define ARM_EXIT_KEEP(x)
 #define ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(x)	x
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ SECTIONS
 		_text = .;
 		HEAD_TEXT
 	}
+#ifdef DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
+	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
+#endif
 	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
 		_stext = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
 			__exception_text_start = .;
@@ -68,19 +72,32 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.got)			/* Global offset table		*/
 	}
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
+	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
+#endif
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)
 	NOTES
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
+	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
+#else
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+#endif
 	__init_begin = .;
 
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(8)
 	.exit.text : {
 		ARM_EXIT_KEEP(EXIT_TEXT)
 	}
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
+	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
+	__init_data_begin = .;
+#else
 	. = ALIGN(16);
+#endif
 	.init.data : {
 		INIT_DATA
 		INIT_SETUP(16)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 51d5352..bc74a3a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 
 void free_initmem(void)
 {
+	fixup_init();
 	free_initmem_default(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h b/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h
index d519f4f..82347d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 extern void __init bootmem_init(void);
 extern void __init arm64_swiotlb_init(void);
+
+void fixup_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 0a472c4..1300886 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
@@ -167,26 +168,67 @@ static void __init *early_alloc(unsigned long sz)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
-static void __init alloc_init_pte(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
-				  unsigned long end, unsigned long pfn)
+/*
+ * remap a PMD into pages
+ */
+static noinline void __ref split_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, pgprot_t prot, bool early)
+{
+	pte_t *pte, *start_pte;
+	u64 val;
+	unsigned long pfn;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	val = pmd_val(*pmd);
+
+	if (early)
+		start_pte = pte = early_alloc(PTRS_PER_PTE*sizeof(pte_t));
+	else
+		start_pte = pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP);
+
+	BUG_ON(!pte);
+
+
+	pfn = __phys_to_pfn(val & PHYS_MASK);
+
+	do {
+		set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC));
+		pfn++;
+	} while (pte++, i++, i < PTRS_PER_PTE);
+
+
+	__pmd_populate(pmd, __pa(start_pte), PMD_TYPE_TABLE);
+	flush_tlb_all();
+}
+
+static void __ref alloc_init_pte(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
+				  unsigned long end, unsigned long pfn,
+				  pgprot_t prot, bool early)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
-		pte = early_alloc(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
+		if (early)
+			pte = early_alloc(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
+		else
+			pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP);
+		BUG_ON(!pte);
 		__pmd_populate(pmd, __pa(pte), PMD_TYPE_TABLE);
 	}
-	BUG_ON(pmd_bad(*pmd));
+
+	if (pmd_bad(*pmd))
+		split_pmd(pmd, prot, early);
 
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
 	do {
-		set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC));
+		set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, prot));
 		pfn++;
 	} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 }
 
-static void __init alloc_init_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
-				  unsigned long end, phys_addr_t phys)
+static void __ref alloc_init_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
+				  unsigned long end, phys_addr_t phys,
+				  pgprot_t sect_prot, pgprot_t pte_prot,
+				  bool early)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long next;
@@ -195,7 +237,11 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
 	 * Check for initial section mappings in the pgd/pud and remove them.
 	 */
 	if (pud_none(*pud) || pud_bad(*pud)) {
-		pmd = early_alloc(PTRS_PER_PMD * sizeof(pmd_t));
+		if (early)
+			pmd = early_alloc(PTRS_PER_PMD * sizeof(pmd_t));
+		else
+			pmd = pmd_alloc_one(&init_mm, addr);
+		BUG_ON(!pmd);
 		pud_populate(&init_mm, pud, pmd);
 	}
 
@@ -213,21 +259,25 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
 			if (!pmd_none(old_pmd))
 				flush_tlb_all();
 		} else {
-			alloc_init_pte(pmd, addr, next, __phys_to_pfn(phys));
+			alloc_init_pte(pmd, addr, next, __phys_to_pfn(phys),
+					pte_prot, early);
 		}
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
-static void __init alloc_init_pud(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
-				  unsigned long end, unsigned long phys)
+static void __ref alloc_init_pud(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
+				  unsigned long end, unsigned long phys,
+				  pgprot_t sect_prot, pgprot_t pte_prot,
+				  bool early)
 {
 	pud_t *pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
 	unsigned long next;
 
 	do {
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
-		alloc_init_pmd(pud, addr, next, phys);
+		alloc_init_pmd(pud, addr, next, phys, sect_prot, pte_prot,
+				early);
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
@@ -236,8 +286,10 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pud(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
  * Create the page directory entries and any necessary page tables for the
  * mapping specified by 'md'.
  */
-static void __init create_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
-				  phys_addr_t size)
+static void __ref __create_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
+				  phys_addr_t size,
+				  pgprot_t sect_prot, pgprot_t pte_prot,
+				  bool early)
 {
 	unsigned long addr, length, end, next;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
@@ -255,15 +307,37 @@ static void __init create_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
 	end = addr + length;
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		alloc_init_pud(pgd, addr, next, phys);
+		alloc_init_pud(pgd, addr, next, phys, sect_prot, pte_prot,
+				early);
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
+static void __ref create_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
+				  phys_addr_t size,
+				  pgprot_t sect_prot, pgprot_t pte_prot)
+{
+	return __create_mapping(phys, virt, size, sect_prot, pte_prot, true);
+}
+
+static void __ref create_mapping_late(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
+				  phys_addr_t size,
+				  pgprot_t sect_prot, pgprot_t pte_prot)
+{
+	return __create_mapping(phys, virt, size, sect_prot, pte_prot, false);
+}
+
 static void __init map_mem(void)
 {
 	struct memblock_region *reg;
 	phys_addr_t limit;
+	/*
+	 * Set up the executable regions using the exising section mappings
+	 * foir now. This will get more fine grained later once all memory
+	 * is mapped
+	 */
+	unsigned long kernel_x_start = round_down(__pa(_stext), SECTION_SIZE);
+	unsigned long kernel_x_end = round_up(__pa(__init_end), SECTION_SIZE);
 
 	/*
 	 * Temporarily limit the memblock range. We need to do this as
@@ -301,13 +375,79 @@ static void __init map_mem(void)
 		}
 #endif
 
-		create_mapping(start, __phys_to_virt(start), end - start);
+		if (end < kernel_x_start) {
+			create_mapping(start, __phys_to_virt(start), end - start,
+				prot_sect_kernel, pgprot_default);
+		} else if (start >= kernel_x_end) {
+			create_mapping(start, __phys_to_virt(start), end - start,
+				prot_sect_kernel | PMD_SECT_PXN, pgprot_default | PTE_PXN);
+		} else {
+			if (start < kernel_x_start)
+				create_mapping(start, __phys_to_virt(start), kernel_x_start - start,
+					prot_sect_kernel | PMD_SECT_PXN, pgprot_default | PTE_PXN);
+			create_mapping(kernel_x_start, __phys_to_virt(kernel_x_start), kernel_x_end - kernel_x_start,
+				prot_sect_kernel, pgprot_default);
+			if (kernel_x_end < end)
+				create_mapping(kernel_x_end, __phys_to_virt(kernel_x_end), end - kernel_x_end,
+					prot_sect_kernel | PMD_SECT_PXN, pgprot_default | PTE_PXN);
+
+
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	/* Limit no longer required. */
 	memblock_set_current_limit(MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE);
 }
 
+void __init fixup_executable(void)
+{
+	/* now that we are actually fully mapped, make the start/end more fine grained */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long)_stext, SECTION_SIZE)) {
+		unsigned long aligned_start = round_down(__pa(_stext), SECTION_SIZE);
+
+		create_mapping(aligned_start, __phys_to_virt(aligned_start),
+				__pa(_stext) - aligned_start,
+				prot_sect_kernel | PMD_SECT_PXN,
+				pgprot_default | PTE_PXN);
+	}
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long)__init_end, SECTION_SIZE)) {
+		unsigned long aligned_end = round_up(__pa(__init_end), SECTION_SIZE);
+		create_mapping(__pa(__init_end), (unsigned long)__init_end,
+				aligned_end - __pa(__init_end),
+				prot_sect_kernel | PMD_SECT_PXN, pgprot_default | PTE_PXN);
+	}
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+void mark_rodata_ro(void)
+{
+	create_mapping_late(__pa(_stext), (unsigned long)_stext, (unsigned long)_etext - (unsigned long)_stext,
+				prot_sect_kernel | PMD_SECT_RDONLY,
+				pgprot_default | PTE_RDONLY);
+
+}
+#endif
+
+static int __flush_mappings(void *unused)
+{
+	flush_tlb_kernel_range((unsigned long)__init_begin, (unsigned long)__init_end);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void __ref fixup_init(void)
+{
+	phys_addr_t start = __pa(__init_begin);
+	phys_addr_t end = __pa(__init_end);
+
+	create_mapping_late(start, (unsigned long)__init_begin,
+			end - start,
+			prot_sect_kernel | PMD_SECT_PXN, pgprot_default | PTE_PXN);
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(start, SECTION_SIZE) || !IS_ALIGNED(end, SECTION_SIZE))
+		stop_machine(__flush_mappings, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * paging_init() sets up the page tables, initialises the zone memory
  * maps and sets up the zero page.
@@ -317,6 +457,7 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	void *zero_page;
 
 	map_mem();
+	fixup_executable();
 
 	/*
 	 * Finally flush the caches and tlb to ensure that we're in a
