Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/cpuid: Tie SMAP to NX, for the shadow pagetable code

>>> On 18.10.18 at 12:34, wrote: > NX support in the host is required for the shadow pagetable code to handle > SMAP correctly for guests. > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper > --- > CC: Jan Beulich > CC: Wei Liu > CC: Roger Pau Monné > CC: George Dunlap > CC: Tim Deegan > > RFC because this

[Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/cpuid: Tie SMAP to NX, for the shadow pagetable code

NX support in the host is required for the shadow pagetable code to handle SMAP correctly for guests. Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper --- CC: Jan Beulich CC: Wei Liu CC: Roger Pau Monné CC: George Dunlap CC: Tim Deegan RFC because this is a little thorny. Strictly speaking, it is "Xen uses