Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755564Ab0KJLNH (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:13:07 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:47897 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755532Ab0KJLND (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:13:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:11:44 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Kees Cook Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Security] [PATCH v3 0/4] x86: clear XD_DISABLED flag on Intel to regain NX Message-ID: <20101110111144.72798d76@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20101110011039.GG5876@outflux.net> References: <20101109181157.GE5876@outflux.net> <20101109183142.4ebfa737@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101109185604.GK5876@outflux.net> <20101109225000.1b90e720@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101109235314.GD5876@outflux.net> <20101110002153.7af92a1f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101110004347.GF5876@outflux.net> <20101110011039.GG5876@outflux.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 400 Lines: 11 > So, based on that, there doesn't seem to be an errata related to _needing_ > to disable the XD cpu feature. Then you have my Ack at least for it. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/