ARM: 5883/1: Revert "disable NX support for OABI-supporting kernels"
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1 #include <linux/module.h>
2 #include <linux/sched.h>
3 #include <linux/personality.h>
4 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
5 #include <linux/elf.h>
7 int elf_check_arch(const struct elf32_hdr *x)
9 unsigned int eflags;
11 /* Make sure it's an ARM executable */
12 if (x->e_machine != EM_ARM)
13 return 0;
15 /* Make sure the entry address is reasonable */
16 if (x->e_entry & 1) {
17 if (!(elf_hwcap & HWCAP_THUMB))
18 return 0;
19 } else if (x->e_entry & 3)
20 return 0;
22 eflags = x->e_flags;
23 if ((eflags & EF_ARM_EABI_MASK) == EF_ARM_EABI_UNKNOWN) {
24 unsigned int flt_fmt;
26 /* APCS26 is only allowed if the CPU supports it */
27 if ((eflags & EF_ARM_APCS_26) && !(elf_hwcap & HWCAP_26BIT))
28 return 0;
30 flt_fmt = eflags & (EF_ARM_VFP_FLOAT | EF_ARM_SOFT_FLOAT);
32 /* VFP requires the supporting code */
33 if (flt_fmt == EF_ARM_VFP_FLOAT && !(elf_hwcap & HWCAP_VFP))
34 return 0;
36 return 1;
38 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elf_check_arch);
40 void elf_set_personality(const struct elf32_hdr *x)
42 unsigned int eflags = x->e_flags;
43 unsigned int personality = PER_LINUX_32BIT;
46 * APCS-26 is only valid for OABI executables
48 if ((eflags & EF_ARM_EABI_MASK) == EF_ARM_EABI_UNKNOWN) {
49 if (eflags & EF_ARM_APCS_26)
50 personality = PER_LINUX;
53 set_personality(personality);
56 * Since the FPA coprocessor uses CP1 and CP2, and iWMMXt uses CP0
57 * and CP1, we only enable access to the iWMMXt coprocessor if the
58 * binary is EABI or softfloat (and thus, guaranteed not to use
59 * FPA instructions.)
61 if (elf_hwcap & HWCAP_IWMMXT &&
62 eflags & (EF_ARM_EABI_MASK | EF_ARM_SOFT_FLOAT)) {
63 set_thread_flag(TIF_USING_IWMMXT);
64 } else {
65 clear_thread_flag(TIF_USING_IWMMXT);
68 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elf_set_personality);
71 * Set READ_IMPLIES_EXEC if:
72 * - the binary requires an executable stack
73 * - we're running on a CPU which doesn't support NX.
75 int arm_elf_read_implies_exec(const struct elf32_hdr *x, int executable_stack)
77 if (executable_stack != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
78 return 1;
79 if (cpu_architecture() < CPU_ARCH_ARMv6)
80 return 1;
81 return 0;
83 EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm_elf_read_implies_exec);