I seem to recall a Linux kernel guru explaining that the x86 MMU doesn't actually support non-exec pages, or some such. It doesn't support it, or it just doesn't work right. I remember bringing up the issue of noexec and that was the answer. --Perry > Ok, here it is, on page 58, it's talking about Access Control of virtual > pages, and it says, literally if a page can be read, it can be executed. I > remember that this took my attention for some days, then I forgot about it, until > you mentioned it. > > richie -- Perry Harrington Director of zelur xuniL () perryat_private System Architecture Think Blue. /\
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