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x86: remove nx_enabled from fault.c

On !PAE 32-bit, _PAGE_NX will be 0, making is_prefetch always
return early.  The test is sufficient on PAE as __supported_pte_mask
is updated in the same places as nx_enabled in init_32.c which also
takes disable_nx into account.

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Harvey Harrison 17 years ago
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1 changed files with 3 additions and 8 deletions
  1. 3 8
      arch/x86/mm/fault.c

+ 3 - 8
arch/x86/mm/fault.c

@@ -92,18 +92,13 @@ static int is_prefetch(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned char *max_instr;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-# ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
-	/* If it was a exec fault on NX page, ignore */
-	if (nx_enabled && (error_code & PF_INSTR))
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
 		return 0;
-# else
-	return 0;
-# endif
-#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
+#endif
+
 	/* If it was a exec fault on NX page, ignore */
 	if (error_code & PF_INSTR)
 		return 0;
-#endif
 
 	instr = (unsigned char *)convert_ip_to_linear(current, regs);
 	max_instr = instr + 15;