Re: [PATCH] NX protection for kernel data : fix 32 bits S3 suspend

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Feb 02 2011 - 01:27:24 EST



* castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx <castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Quoting Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>:
>
> >
> > * matthieu castet <castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > static inline int is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
> > > {
> > > +#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && defined(CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP)
> > > + /*
> > > + * We need to make the wakeup trampoline in first 1MB !NX
> > > + */
> > > + if (addr >= PAGE_OFFSET && addr <= (PAGE_OFFSET + (1<<20)))
> > > + return 1;
> > > +#endif
> >
> > That's pretty ugly. Why not use set_memory_x()/set_memory_nx(), and only for
> > the
> > trampoline itself? Does the whole 1MB need to be marked X?
>
> The previous code was doing that.

So why not call set_memory_x() in your patch? Mind trying that?

Thanks,

Ingo
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