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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:27:03 -0800
From: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/20] x86: avoid W^X being broken during modules
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> On Feb 11, 2019, at 11:10 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:09:25AM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> It is just that I find the use of static_cpu_has()/boot_cpu_has() to be very
>> inconsistent. I doubt that show_cpuinfo_misc(), copy_fpstate_to_sigframe(),
>> or i915_memcpy_init_early() that use static_cpu_has() are any hotter than
>> text_poke_early().
>
> Would some beefing of the comment over it help?
Is there any comment over static_cpu_has()? ;-)
Anyhow, obviously a comment would be useful.
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