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authorJiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>2008-04-12 10:28:25 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-04-19 19:19:55 +0200
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x86: fix exec mappings comments
- noexec32 is on by default for years already - add noexec32 to kernel-parameters and fix noexec typo in there Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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@@ -1280,8 +1280,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
noexec [IA-64]
noexec [X86-32,X86-64]
+ On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
- noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings
+ noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
+
+ noexec32 [X86-64]
+ This affects only 32-bit executables.
+ noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
+ read doesn't imply executable mappings
+ noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
+ read implies executable mappings
nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
register save and restore. The kernel will only save