3.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 5e427ec2d066b48a5c27b3a5a3315f7e4e729077 upstream. In commit 78d77df71510 ("x86-64, init: Do not set NX bits on non-NX capable hardware") we added the early_pmd_flags that gets the NX bit set when a CPU supports NX. However, the new variable was marked __initdata, because the main _use_ of this is in an __init routine. However, the bit setting happens from secondary_startup_64(), which is called not only at bootup, but on every secondary CPU start. Including resuming from STR and at CPU hotplug time. So the value cannot be __initdata. Reported-bisected-and-tested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern pgd_t early_level4_pgt[PTRS_PER_PGD]; extern pmd_t early_dynamic_pgts[EARLY_DYNAMIC_PAGE_TABLES][PTRS_PER_PMD]; static unsigned int __initdata next_early_pgt = 2; -pmdval_t __initdata early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX); +pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX); /* Wipe all early page tables except for the kernel symbol map */ static void __init reset_early_page_tables(void) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html