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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] x86: call verify_cpu during 32bit CPU startup
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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