From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
Stable Kernel <stable@kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] xen: Check NX state before setting up GDT mapping
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:03:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ABA7119.6000307@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090923123616.GC19385@elte.hu>
On 09/23/09 05:36, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>> + /* Work out if we support NX */
>> + check_efer();
>> +#endif
>> +
>>
> btw., this #ifdef could sure be eliminated, right?
>
check_efer() is only defined on x86-64 and all its existing callsites
have a similar #ifdef. NX setup is an area which could do with a bit of
hitting with the unification stick.
J
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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
Stable Kernel <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] xen: Check NX state before setting up GDT mapping
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:03:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ABA7119.6000307@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090923123616.GC19385@elte.hu>
On 09/23/09 05:36, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>> + /* Work out if we support NX */
>> + check_efer();
>> +#endif
>> +
>>
> btw., this #ifdef could sure be eliminated, right?
>
check_efer() is only defined on x86-64 and all its existing callsites
have a similar #ifdef. NX setup is an area which could do with a bit of
hitting with the unification stick.
J
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-23 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-21 21:11 [GIT PULL] xen: Check NX state before setting up GDT mapping Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-21 21:11 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-23 12:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-09-23 12:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-09-23 12:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-09-23 12:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-09-23 19:03 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2009-09-23 19:03 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-23 19:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-09-23 19:13 ` Ingo Molnar
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