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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-11-13 15:28:16 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-11-16 13:44:59 -0800
commit4763ed4d45522b876c97e1f7f4b659d211f75571 (patch)
treeae053500de9f1c374e4b7f34d8f21d45a5b961d2 /arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h
parent583140afb989f24d115e80be5c91e503b58ccfc0 (diff)
downloadlinux-4763ed4d45522b876c97e1f7f4b659d211f75571.tar.gz
x86, mm: Clean up and simplify NX enablement
The 32- and 64-bit code used very different mechanisms for enabling
NX, but even the 32-bit code was enabling NX in head_32.S if it is
available.  Furthermore, we had a bewildering collection of tests for
the available of NX.

This patch:

a) merges the 32-bit set_nx() and the 64-bit check_efer() function
   into a single x86_configure_nx() function.  EFER control is left
   to the head code.

b) eliminates the nx_enabled variable entirely.  Things that need to
   test for NX enablement can verify __supported_pte_mask directly,
   and cpu_has_nx gives the supported status of NX.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Cc: Vegard Nossum <vegardno@ifi.uio.no>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
LKML-Reference: <1258154897-6770-5-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h
index 621f56d73121..add7f18f17a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/proto.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ extern void ia32_sysenter_target(void);
 
 extern void syscall32_cpu_init(void);
 
-extern void check_efer(void);
+extern void x86_configure_nx(void);
 
 extern int reboot_force;