Re: [PATCH] x86/mm+efi: Avoid creating W+X mappings

[Kees Cook]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 03:15:15PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 9/23/22 14:19, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> But currently, PAE is not even enabled in the i386_defconfig, and
> >> defaults to off. This means people that are unaware of this won't
> >> enable it, and will be running without NX support.
> > And they all make me cry. ;)
> 
> It's been like that for a long time, presumably because the defconfig
> should *boot* in as many cases as possible.  It wouldn't be hard to
> change.  It also wouldn't be hard to default to HIGHMEM4G (non-PAE) on
> targeted builds for CPUs that don't support it.  Patch attached to do
> that, if anyone else has an opinion.
> 
> We should probably just leave i386 alone, but it breaks my heart to see
> Kees in tears.

*dabs his eyes with tissue*

> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index f9920f1341c8..fad978c7b7c5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1363,9 +1363,14 @@ config X86_CPUID
>  	  with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
>  	  /dev/cpu/31/cpuid.
>  
> +config CPU_HAS_PAE
> +	def_bool y
> +	depends on !M486SX && !M486 && !M586 && !M586TSC && !M586MMX && !MGEODE_LX && !MGEODEGX1 && !MCYRIXIII && !MELAN && !MWINCHIPC6 && !MWINCHIP3D && !MK6
> +
>  choice
>  	prompt "High Memory Support"
>  	default HIGHMEM4G
> +	default HIGHMEM64G if CPU_HAS_PAE
>  	depends on X86_32
>  
>  config NOHIGHMEM
> @@ -1412,7 +1417,7 @@ config HIGHMEM4G
>  
>  config HIGHMEM64G
>  	bool "64GB"
> -	depends on !M486SX && !M486 && !M586 && !M586TSC && !M586MMX && !MGEODE_LX && !MGEODEGX1 && !MCYRIXIII && !MELAN && !MWINCHIPC6 && !MWINCHIP3D && !MK6
> +	depends on CPU_HAS_PAE
>  	select X86_PAE
>  	help
>  	  Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4

I feel happy now! :)

-- 
Kees Cook