Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:50:58 +0200 | From | Pekka Enberg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: call verify_cpu during 32bit CPU startup |
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On 9.11.2010 22.48, Kees Cook wrote: > Hi Pekka, > > On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 10:28:16PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote: >> So why can't we do patch 2/4 XD_DISABLE clearing in >> early_init_intel()? > Because it's too late, unfortunately. I went around a few times about this > with Peter Anvin, and ultimately he agreed that it needed to go in > verify_cpu() for now.
OK, thanks for the explanation. A link to the previous discussion would have been helpful here.
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
for the whole series.
Pekka
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