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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/6] x86: fix some bugs about EFI runtime code mapping
From"Huang, Ying" <>
DateFri, 25 Jan 2008 17:30:37 +0800
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 10:19 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:
> 
> >>  +#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || defined(CONFIG_X86_PAE)
> >> +static void __init runtime_code_page_mkexec(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	efi_memory_desc_t *md;
> >> +	unsigned long end;
> >> +	void *p;
> >> +
> >> +	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
> >> +		return;
> >> 
> >
> > On 32-bit non-PAE, _PAGE_NX == 0, so this if() statement should be 
> > sufficient to disable the whole function at compile time without 
> > needing the outer #if defined wrapper.
> 
> good point. The patch fixes bugs and the consolidation it does is very 
> nice so i've applied it already, but we could indeed further consolidate 
> it and make it a nice #ifdef-less function. Could one of you send an 
> add-on patch for this?

I will do it. But I have some other thing to do now, so I will send it
on next Monday.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying



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