From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: [patch 130/131] x86: mm: use ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX instead of arch defined Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2020 16:03:58 -0700 Message-ID: <20200603230358.I60ldggO7%akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20200603155549.e041363450869eaae4c7f05b@linux-foundation.org> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47800 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726093AbgFCXIh (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jun 2020 19:08:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200603155549.e041363450869eaae4c7f05b@linux-foundation.org> Sender: mm-commits-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, bp@alien8.de, catalin.marinas@arm.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, mingo@redhat.com, mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, palmer@dabbelt.com, paul.walmsley@sifive.com, tglx@linutronix.de, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, will@kernel.org, zong.li@sifive.com From: Zong Li Subject: x86: mm: use ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX instead of arch defined Extract DEBUG_WX to mm/Kconfig.debug for shared use. Change to use ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX instead of DEBUG_WX defined by arch port. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/430736828d149df3f5b462d291e845ec690e0141.1587455584.git.zong.li@sifive.com Signed-off-by: Zong Li Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 27 --------------------------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 27 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig~x86-mm-use-arch_has_debug_wx-instead-of-arch-defined +++ a/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config X86 select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL + select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC if ACPI select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug~x86-mm-use-arch_has_debug_wx-instead-of-arch-defined +++ a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -72,33 +72,6 @@ config EFI_PGT_DUMP issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that table. -config DEBUG_WX - bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot" - select PTDUMP_CORE - ---help--- - Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot. - - This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving - W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk. - - Look for a message in dmesg output like this: - - x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found. - - or like this, if the check failed: - - x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, W+X pages found. - - Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly - still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in - themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation - of other unfixed kernel bugs easier. - - There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option - once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check. - - If in doubt, say "Y".