From: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] x86: cleanup of NX enabling
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:36:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091114003652.GQ5129@outflux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1258154897-6770-1-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com>
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 03:28:17PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Posting this patch series for review; I intend to commit it to
> tip:x86/mm unless someone objects over the next few days.
>
> This came about based on Kees' original patch to give better dmesg
> information about the status of NX availability.
FWIW, I tested this stack of patches (in an earlier form) with the
following configurations and confirmed expected behavior:
- 64-bit, 64-bit noexec=off
- 32-bit pae with nx bit, x86_32 pae with nx bit noexec=off
- 32-bit pae without nx bit
- 32-bit non-pae
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
--
Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-14 0:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-13 23:28 [RFC] x86: cleanup of NX enabling H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-13 23:28 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86-32: use symbolic constants, safer CPUID when enabling EFER.NX H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-16 22:06 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86-32: Use " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-13 23:28 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86, sleep: always save the value of EFER H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-14 0:16 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-16 22:06 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86, sleep: Always " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-13 23:28 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86, pageattr: make set_memory_(x|nx) aware of NX support H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-16 22:07 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86, pageattr: Make " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-13 23:28 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86, mm: clean up and simplify NX enablement H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-16 22:07 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86, mm: Clean " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-13 23:28 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86, mm: report state of NX protections during boot H. Peter Anvin
2009-11-16 22:07 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86, mm: Report " tip-bot for Kees Cook
2009-11-14 0:36 ` Kees Cook [this message]
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