Re: [PATCH V6] x86: NX protection for kernel data

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Oct 16 2009 - 09:29:50 EST



* Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > thanks - this one looks good now.
> >
> > Would be nice if you could send this with the patch that also deals
> > with the first 1 MB.
>
> I do plan to have that first megabyte fixed. But for now, let's keep
> these patches separate, as there are many things that rely on that 1MB
> area and I want to make sure they all still work properly with the
> patch.

Well, if we are going to touch this area i'd like to see them addressed
together.

The 1MB thing would obviously be a default-off Kconfig option so in that
sense it should not break anything by default.

Ingo
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