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| author | Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> | 2006-09-26 10:52:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Andi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org> | 2006-09-26 10:52:37 +0200 |
| commit | df992848f5aa803fcacd2c5e7d67034bb89e3fa3 (patch) | |
| tree | 649ee5888f71bdd4243599f73d9725118262d368 /arch/x86_64/mm | |
| parent | [PATCH] Remove bogus warning from early_ioremap (diff) | |
| download | linux-df992848f5aa803fcacd2c5e7d67034bb89e3fa3.tar.xz linux-df992848f5aa803fcacd2c5e7d67034bb89e3fa3.zip | |
[PATCH] Fix pte_exec/mkexec and use it in change_page_attr()
Fix the pte_exec/mkexec page table accessor functions to really
use the NX bit. Previously they only checked the USER bit, but
weren't actually used for anything.
Then use them in change_page_attr() to manipulate the NX bit
properly.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c index 2685b1f3671c..01591b649f4e 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c @@ -190,10 +190,12 @@ int change_page_attr_addr(unsigned long address, int numpages, pgprot_t prot) * lowmem */ if (__pa(address) < KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE) { unsigned long addr2; - pgprot_t prot2 = prot; + pgprot_t prot2; addr2 = __START_KERNEL_map + __pa(address); - pgprot_val(prot2) &= ~_PAGE_NX; - err = __change_page_attr(addr2, pfn, prot2, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC); + /* Make sure the kernel mappings stay executable */ + prot2 = pte_pgprot(pte_mkexec(pfn_pte(0, prot))); + err = __change_page_attr(addr2, pfn, prot2, + PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC); } } up_write(&init_mm.mmap_sem); |