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Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mm: A _PAGE_NX fixlet and a kmap cleanup

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  Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mm: A _PAGE_NX fixlet and a kmap cleanup Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-01-19 10:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mm: A _PAGE_NX fixlet and a kmap cleanup Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-01-19 20:50 +0100

#1312036 — Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mm: A _PAGE_NX fixlet and a kmap cleanup

* Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:

> The fixlet might help with some WX warnings.  The kmap cleanup is
> just a cleanup.
> 
> This is very lightly tested.
> 
> Andy Lutomirski (2):
>   x86_32/mm: Set NX in __supported_pte_mask before enabling paging
>   x86/mm: Make kmap_prot into a #define
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S     | 6 ++++++
>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c         | 3 ---
>  arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c        | 5 ++---
>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Noticed this older submission, but the first patch does not apply anymore. Or does 
it have other dependencies?

Thanks,

	Ingo

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On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:26 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> * Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> The fixlet might help with some WX warnings.  The kmap cleanup is
>> just a cleanup.
>>
>> This is very lightly tested.
>>
>> Andy Lutomirski (2):
>>   x86_32/mm: Set NX in __supported_pte_mask before enabling paging
>>   x86/mm: Make kmap_prot into a #define
>>
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 2 +-
>>  arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S     | 6 ++++++
>>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c         | 3 ---
>>  arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c        | 5 ++---
>>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> Noticed this older submission, but the first patch does not apply anymore. Or does
> it have other dependencies?
>

It conflicts with Boris's cpu_has_xyz cleanup.  I'll resend.

--Andy

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