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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 14:19:12 +0000
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com, x86@...nel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Use strtobool for noexec parsing
* Borislav Petkov (bp@...en8.de) wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 08:13:56PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > Use strtobool to parse the 'noexec' parameter rather than open coding
> > it.
> > 'disable_nx' is changed to a bool and flipped to 'enable_nx'
> > so it's meaning follows the command line option.
> >
> > There's no change in behaviour for noexec=on/off.
> > noexec=junk will now warn
> > strtobool allows 0/1 and y/n (etc) as well as the on/off.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c | 16 +++++-----------
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220127115626.14179-6-bp@alien8.de
Oh well; good.
Thanks for the pointer.
Dave
> --
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> Boris.
>
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