From 4763ed4d45522b876c97e1f7f4b659d211f75571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:28:16 -0800 Subject: 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 Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: Yinghai Lu Cc: Pekka Enberg Cc: Vegard Nossum Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Chris Wright LKML-Reference: <1258154897-6770-5-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook --- arch/x86/mm/init.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/init.c') 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 */ -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2