linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mm: A _PAGE

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:26:49 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, x86@...nel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>, hpa@...or.com,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mm: A _PAGE_NX fixlet and a kmap cleanup


* Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> wrote:

> The fixlet might help with some WX warnings.  The kmap cleanup is
> just a cleanup.
> 
> This is very lightly tested.
> 
> Andy Lutomirski (2):
>   x86_32/mm: Set NX in __supported_pte_mask before enabling paging
>   x86/mm: Make kmap_prot into a #define
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S     | 6 ++++++
>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c         | 3 ---
>  arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c        | 5 ++---
>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Noticed this older submission, but the first patch does not apply anymore. Or does 
it have other dependencies?

Thanks,

	Ingo