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Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:01:08 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/20] x86: avoid W^X being broken during modules
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:45:26AM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote:
> Are you sure about that? This path is still used when modules are loaded.

Yes, I'm sure. Loading a module does a gazillion things so saving a
couple of insns - yes, boot_cpu_has() is usually a RIP-relative MOV and a
TEST - doesn't show even as a blip on any radar.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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