Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: call verify_cpu during 32bit CPU startup

[Pekka Enberg]

Hi Kees,

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:46:39PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>> I actually don't see 0/4 or 2/4 on LKML yet. It would be better to
>> have the rationale in the patch that changes the code for future
>> reference. The summary email will be lost in the noise much more
>> easily.

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Kees Cook <kees.cook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like delivery delays somewhere. I see it in the archive:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/9/380

So why can't we do patch 2/4 XD_DISABLE clearing in
early_init_intel()? Why do we want to call verify_cpu() from
arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S and not from
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S like we do on 64-bit?

                        Pekka
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