linux/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c
Ingo Molnar 1fe3f29e4a Merge branches 'x86/fpu', 'x86/mm' and 'x86/asm' into x86/pkeys
Provide a stable basis for the pkeys patches, which touches various
x86 details.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-02-16 09:37:37 +01:00

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#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/proto.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
static int disable_nx;
/*
* noexec = on|off
*
* Control non-executable mappings for processes.
*
* on Enable
* off Disable
*/
static int __init noexec_setup(char *str)
{
if (!str)
return -EINVAL;
if (!strncmp(str, "on", 2)) {
disable_nx = 0;
} else if (!strncmp(str, "off", 3)) {
disable_nx = 1;
}
x86_configure_nx();
return 0;
}
early_param("noexec", noexec_setup);
void x86_configure_nx(void)
{
/* If disable_nx is set, clear NX on all new mappings going forward. */
if (disable_nx)
__supported_pte_mask &= ~_PAGE_NX;
}
void __init x86_report_nx(void)
{
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NX)) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection "
"missing in CPU!\n");
} else {
#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || defined(CONFIG_X86_PAE)
if (disable_nx) {
printk(KERN_INFO "NX (Execute Disable) protection: "
"disabled by kernel command line option\n");
} else {
printk(KERN_INFO "NX (Execute Disable) protection: "
"active\n");
}
#else
/* 32bit non-PAE kernel, NX cannot be used */
printk(KERN_NOTICE "Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection "
"cannot be enabled: non-PAE kernel!\n");
#endif
}
}