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From: "tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com,
	kees.cook@canonical.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: [tip:x86/mm] x86-32: Use symbolic constants, safer CPUID when enabling EFER.NX
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:06:41 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-8a50e5135af0c243e117e94e27feb8d149c879b4@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1258154897-6770-2-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com>

Commit-ID:  8a50e5135af0c243e117e94e27feb8d149c879b4
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8a50e5135af0c243e117e94e27feb8d149c879b4
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:28:13 -0800
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:44:56 -0800

x86-32: Use symbolic constants, safer CPUID when enabling EFER.NX

Use symbolic constants rather than hard-coded values when setting
EFER.NX in head_32.S, and do a more rigorous test for the validity of
the response when probing for the extended CPUID range.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
LKML-Reference: <1258154897-6770-2-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S |   18 +++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 050c278..7fd318b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
+#include <asm/msr-index.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/percpu.h>
 
 /* Physical address */
@@ -297,25 +299,27 @@ ENTRY(startup_32_smp)
 	orl %edx,%eax
 	movl %eax,%cr4
 
-	btl $5, %eax		# check if PAE is enabled
-	jnc 6f
+	testb $X86_CR4_PAE, %al		# check if PAE is enabled
+	jz 6f
 
 	/* Check if extended functions are implemented */
 	movl $0x80000000, %eax
 	cpuid
-	cmpl $0x80000000, %eax
-	jbe 6f
+	/* Value must be in the range 0x80000001 to 0x8000ffff */
+	subl $0x80000001, %eax
+	cmpl $(0x8000ffff-0x80000001), %eax
+	ja 6f
 	mov $0x80000001, %eax
 	cpuid
 	/* Execute Disable bit supported? */
-	btl $20, %edx
+	btl $(X86_FEATURE_NX & 31), %edx
 	jnc 6f
 
 	/* Setup EFER (Extended Feature Enable Register) */
-	movl $0xc0000080, %ecx
+	movl $MSR_EFER, %ecx
 	rdmsr
 
-	btsl $11, %eax
+	btsl $_EFER_NX, %eax
 	/* Make changes effective */
 	wrmsr
 

  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-16 22:07 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-bot for H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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 ` [PATCH 0/5] x86: cleanup of NX enabling Kees Cook

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