Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Feb 2022 17:40:25 +0000 | From | Sean Christopherson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/cpu: Remove "noexec" |
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2022, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:56:25PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> > > > > It doesn't make any sense to disable non-executable mappings - > > security-wise or else.
Heh, I've actually used noexec relatively recently to triage KVM goofs. That said, the same net result can still be achieved via clearcpuid=52, so I've no objection to removing the dedicated parameter.
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