Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:11:50 +0000 | From | Florian Tobias Schandinat <> | Subject | Re: [ 086/149] video:uvesafb: Fix oops that uvesafb try to execute NX-protected page |
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On 03/31/2012 08:37 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:03:17 -0700 > Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 09:30:52PM +0000, Florian Tobias Schandinat wrote: >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> On 03/30/2012 07:49 PM, Greg KH wrote: >>>> 3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. >>> >>> the same as for 3.3: This patch would require exporting >>> 'pcibios_enabled' to not break building uvesafb as a module. As Alan did >>> not agree with this approach it is not suitable for stable as is. >> >> Oops, sorry about that, now removed, thanks for letting me know. > > Actually for the backport its probably the right thing to do - its > simple, clear and slightly ugly, but its fairly provably safe.
Is there a problem with using your preferred solution "__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX" here? As far as I can see it should work since 2008.
Best regards,
Florian Tobias Schandinat
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