2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge commit b75fe4e5b869f8dbebd36df64a7fcda0c5b318ed upstream. x86-64 assumes NX is available by default, so we need to explicitly check for it before using NX. Some first-generation Intel x86-64 processors didn't support NX, and even recent systems allow it to be disabled in BIOS. [ Impact: prevent Xen crash on NX-less 64-bit machines ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/x86/mm/Makefile | 1 + arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ obj-y := init.o init_$(BITS).o fault.o # Make sure __phys_addr has no stackprotector nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector) CFLAGS_ioremap.o := $(nostackp) +CFLAGS_init.o := $(nostackp) obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += tlb.o --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c @@ -1083,6 +1083,11 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel( __supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_IOMAP; +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 + /* Work out if we support NX */ + check_efer(); +#endif + xen_setup_features(); /* Get mfn list */ @@ -1123,11 +1128,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel( pgd = (pgd_t *)xen_start_info->pt_base; -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 - /* Work out if we support NX */ - check_efer(); -#endif - /* Don't do the full vcpu_info placement stuff until we have a possible map and a non-dummy shared_info. */ per_cpu(xen_vcpu, 0) = &HYPERVISOR_shared_info->vcpu_info[0]; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/