x86/mm: Disable W^X detection and enforcement on 32-bit
The 32-bit code is in a weird spot. Some 32-bit builds (non-PAE) do not even have NX support. Even PAE builds that support NX have to contend with things like EFI data and code mixed in the same pages where W+X is unavoidable. The folks still running X86_32=y kernels are unlikely to care much about NX. That combined with the fundamental inability fix _all_ of the W+X things means this code had little value on X86_32=y. Disable the checks. Reported-by:Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by:
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMj1kXHcF_iK_g0OZSkSv56Wmr=eQGQwNstcNjLEfS=mm7a06w@mail.gmail.com/
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