Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Apr 2023 13:42:00 +0200 | From | Gerd Hoffmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 02/27] x86/build: Remove RWX sections and align on 4KB |
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Hi,
> > Currently paging is disabled in x86_32 in compressed kernel, so > > protection is not applied anyways, but .init code was incorrectly > > placed in non-executable ".data" segment. This should not change > > anything meaningful in memory layout now, but might be required in case > > memory protection will also be implemented in compressed kernel for > > x86_32. > > I highly doubt that - no one cares about 32-bit x86 anymore.
Indeed. ia32 edk2 runs without paging even in latest tianocore/edk2, and I don't expect that to change until ia32 support gets removed.
take care, Gerd
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