linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] x86: mm: use ARCH_HAS_DEBUG

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Message-Id: <430736828d149df3f5b462d291e845ec690e0141.1587455584.git.zong.li@sifive.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:17:14 +0800
From:   Zong Li <zong.li@...ive.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paul.walmsley@...ive.com,
        palmer@...belt.com, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, x86@...nel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Zong Li <zong.li@...ive.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] x86: mm: use ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX instead of arch defined

Extract DEBUG_WX to mm/Kconfig.debug for shared use. Change to use
ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX instead of DEBUG_WX defined by arch port.

Signed-off-by: Zong Li <zong.li@...ive.com>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig       |  1 +
 arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 27 ---------------------------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1d6104ea8af0..310a49ee3c25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC		if ACPI
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 2e74690b028a..de1846ed41b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -72,33 +72,6 @@ config EFI_PGT_DUMP
 	  issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
 	  table.
 
-config DEBUG_WX
-	bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
-	select PTDUMP_CORE
-	---help---
-	  Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
-
-	  This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
-	  W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
-
-	  Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
-
-	    x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
-
-	  or like this, if the check failed:
-
-	    x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
-
-	  Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
-	  still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
-	  themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
-	  of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
-
-	  There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
-	  once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
-
-	  If in doubt, say "Y".
-
 config DOUBLEFAULT
 	default y
 	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT && X86_32
-- 
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