[028/136] xen: check EFER for NX before setting up GDT mapping

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Oct 01 2009 - 21:33:02 EST


2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>

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 <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
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];


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