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| author | Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> | 2009-11-13 15:28:17 -0800 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-11-16 13:44:59 -0800 |
| commit | 4b0f3b81eb33ef18283aa71440cccfede1753ae0 (patch) | |
| tree | 024e05ffc845d0942dddeb8f0b760815ab0b3373 /arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h | |
| parent | 4763ed4d45522b876c97e1f7f4b659d211f75571 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-4b0f3b81eb33ef18283aa71440cccfede1753ae0.tar.gz lwn-4b0f3b81eb33ef18283aa71440cccfede1753ae0.zip | |
x86, mm: Report state of NX protections during boot
It is possible for x86_64 systems to lack the NX bit either due to the
hardware lacking support or the BIOS having turned off the CPU capability,
so NX status should be reported. Additionally, anyone booting NX-capable
CPUs in 32bit mode without PAE will lack NX functionality, so this change
provides feedback for that case as well.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
LKML-Reference: <1258154897-6770-6-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h index add7f18f17a7..450c56bcd4f8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern void ia32_sysenter_target(void); extern void syscall32_cpu_init(void); extern void x86_configure_nx(void); +extern void x86_report_nx(void); extern int reboot_force; |