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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-11-13 15:28:16 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-11-16 13:44:59 -0800
commit4763ed4d45522b876c97e1f7f4b659d211f75571 (patch)
treeae053500de9f1c374e4b7f34d8f21d45a5b961d2 /arch/x86/mm
parent583140afb989f24d115e80be5c91e503b58ccfc0 (diff)
x86, mm: Clean up and simplify NX enablement
The 32- and 64-bit code used very different mechanisms for enabling NX, but even the 32-bit code was enabling NX in head_32.S if it is available. Furthermore, we had a bewildering collection of tests for the available of NX. This patch: a) merges the 32-bit set_nx() and the 64-bit check_efer() function into a single x86_configure_nx() function. EFER control is left to the head code. b) eliminates the nx_enabled variable entirely. Things that need to test for NX enablement can verify __supported_pte_mask directly, and cpu_has_nx gives the supported status of NX. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Vegard Nossum <vegardno@ifi.uio.no> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> LKML-Reference: <1258154897-6770-5-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/init.c4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c43
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index 73ffd5536f6..27ec2c23fd4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ unsigned long __init_refok init_memory_mapping(unsigned long start,
use_gbpages = direct_gbpages;
#endif
- set_nx();
- if (nx_enabled)
+ /* XXX: replace this with Kees' improved messages */
+ if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
printk(KERN_INFO "NX (Execute Disable) protection: active\n");
/* Enable PSE if available */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c b/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c
index 513d8ed5d2e..355818b087b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/proto.h>
-int nx_enabled;
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || defined(CONFIG_X86_PAE)
static int disable_nx __cpuinitdata;
/*
@@ -22,48 +20,19 @@ static int __init noexec_setup(char *str)
if (!str)
return -EINVAL;
if (!strncmp(str, "on", 2)) {
- __supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_NX;
disable_nx = 0;
} else if (!strncmp(str, "off", 3)) {
disable_nx = 1;
- __supported_pte_mask &= ~_PAGE_NX;
}
+ x86_configure_nx();
return 0;
}
early_param("noexec", noexec_setup);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
-void __init set_nx(void)
-{
- unsigned int v[4], l, h;
-
- if (cpu_has_pae && (cpuid_eax(0x80000000) > 0x80000001)) {
- cpuid(0x80000001, &v[0], &v[1], &v[2], &v[3]);
-
- if ((v[3] & (1 << 20)) && !disable_nx) {
- rdmsr(MSR_EFER, l, h);
- l |= EFER_NX;
- wrmsr(MSR_EFER, l, h);
- nx_enabled = 1;
- __supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_NX;
- }
- }
-}
-#else
-void set_nx(void)
-{
-}
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-void __cpuinit check_efer(void)
+void __cpuinit x86_configure_nx(void)
{
- unsigned long efer;
-
- rdmsrl(MSR_EFER, efer);
- if (!(efer & EFER_NX) || disable_nx)
+ if (cpu_has_nx && !disable_nx)
+ __supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_NX;
+ else
__supported_pte_mask &= ~_PAGE_NX;
}
-#endif
-