| Date | Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:32:26 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/11] x86: Supervisor Mode Access Prevention |
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* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On 09/21/2012 03:08 PM, Dave Jones wrote: > > > > Perhaps add a printk somewhere to show that it's actually been enabled maybe ? > > > > Also, would it be feasible to add something like we have for test_nx ? > > If this feature regresses in some way in the future, I suspect we'd like > > to know about it sooner rather than later. > > > > Good idea... should add this both for SMEP and SMAP.
Very much agreed - these exploit preventation hardware features are really useful, and it's good to inform the user that they are active.
Thanks,
Ingo
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