Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:27:30 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
       Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
       James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>,
       Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
       David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>, Aristeu Rozanski <aris@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6] x86: NX protection for kernel data
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* Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:

> > thanks - this one looks good now.
> >
> > Would be nice if you could send this with the patch that also deals 
> > with the first 1 MB.
> 
> I do plan to have that first megabyte fixed. But for now, let's keep 
> these patches separate, as there are many things that rely on that 1MB 
> area and I want to make sure they all still work properly with the 
> patch.

Well, if we are going to touch this area i'd like to see them addressed 
together.

The 1MB thing would obviously be a default-off Kconfig option so in that 
sense it should not break anything by default.

	Ingo
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