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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/fault.c16
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index fdc667422df9..fd7e1798c75a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -91,12 +91,10 @@ static int is_prefetch(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr,
int prefetch = 0;
unsigned char *max_instr;
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
- return 0;
-#endif
-
- /* If it was a exec fault on NX page, ignore */
+ /*
+ * If it was a exec (instruction fetch) fault on NX page, then
+ * do not ignore the fault:
+ */
if (error_code & PF_INSTR)
return 0;
@@ -641,7 +639,7 @@ void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
/* It's safe to allow irq's after cr2 has been saved and the vmalloc
fault has been handled. */
- if (regs->flags & (X86_EFLAGS_IF|VM_MASK))
+ if (regs->flags & (X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_VM_MASK))
local_irq_enable();
/*
@@ -978,9 +976,5 @@ void vmalloc_sync_all(void)
if (address == start)
start = address + PGDIR_SIZE;
}
- /* Check that there is no need to do the same for the modules area. */
- BUILD_BUG_ON(!(MODULES_VADDR > __START_KERNEL));
- BUILD_BUG_ON(!(((MODULES_END - 1) & PGDIR_MASK) ==
- (__START_KERNEL & PGDIR_MASK)));
#endif
}