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authorBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>2022-01-27 12:56:25 +0100
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>2022-04-04 10:17:03 +0200
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x86/cpu: Remove "noexec"
It doesn't make any sense to disable non-executable mappings - security-wise or else. So rip out that switch and move the remaining code into setup.c and delete setup_nx.c Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220127115626.14179-6-bp@alien8.de
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
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@@ -157,15 +157,6 @@ Rebooting
newer BIOS, or newer board) using this option will ignore the built-in
quirk table, and use the generic default reboot actions.
-Non Executable Mappings
-=======================
-
- noexec=on|off
- on
- Enable(default)
- off
- Disable
-
NUMA
====