The following commit has been merged into the x86/mm branch of tip: Commit-ID: 414ebf148cb5c5fa727ec51fdb69c4ab82dccf3b Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/414ebf148cb5c5fa727ec51fdb69c4ab82dccf3b Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 21:39:43 +02:00 Committer: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:37:26 -08:00 x86/mm: Do verify W^X at boot up Straight up revert of commit: a970174d7a10 ("x86/mm: Do not verify W^X at boot up") now that the root cause has been fixed. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221025201058.011279208@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c index 2e5a045..97342c4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c @@ -587,10 +587,6 @@ static inline pgprot_t verify_rwx(pgprot_t old, pgprot_t new, unsigned long star { unsigned long end; - /* Kernel text is rw at boot up */ - if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) - return new; - /* * 32-bit has some unfixable W+X issues, like EFI code * and writeable data being in the same page. Disable