linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] x86/mm: Do verify W^X at boot up

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 22:07:01 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        dave.hansen@...el.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, x86@...nel.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, seanjc@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] x86/mm: Do verify W^X at boot up

Straight up revert of commit:

  a970174d7a10 ("x86/mm: Do not verify W^X at boot up")

now that the root cause has been fixed.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c |    4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -587,10 +587,6 @@ static inline pgprot_t verify_rwx(pgprot
 {
 	unsigned long end;
 
-	/* Kernel text is rw at boot up */
-	if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
-		return new;
-
 	/*
 	 * 32-bit has some unfixable W+X issues, like EFI code
 	 * and writeable data being in the same page.  Disable