The attached patch fixes "kernel tried to execute NX-protected page" Oops when loading wistron_btns module, occurring since at least 3.4.x; still applies to Linux 3.12.
-- Jakub Bogusz http://qboosh.pl/
This patch fixes "kernel tried to execute NX-protected page" oops when loading winstron-btns module. Signed-off-by: Jakub Bogusz <qbo...@pld-linux.org> --- linux-3.10/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c.orig 2013-11-16 09:05:55.612742472 +0100 +++ linux-3.10/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c 2013-11-16 09:24:37.356028732 +0100 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ #include <linux/types.h> #include <linux/platform_device.h> #include <linux/leds.h> +#include <asm/cacheflush.h> /* How often we poll keys - msecs */ #define POLL_INTERVAL_DEFAULT 500 /* when idle */ @@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ if (entry_point >= 0xF0000) { bios_code_map_base = base; bios_entry_point = bios_code_map_base + (entry_point & 0xFFFF); + set_memory_x((unsigned long)bios_code_map_base, 0x10000 >> PAGE_SHIFT); } else { iounmap(base); bios_code_map_base = ioremap(entry_point & ~0x3FFF, 0x4000); @@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ goto err; } bios_entry_point = bios_code_map_base + (entry_point & 0x3FFF); + set_memory_x((unsigned long)bios_code_map_base, 0x4000 >> PAGE_SHIFT); } /* The Windows driver maps 0x10000 bytes, we keep only one page... */ bios_data_map_base = ioremap(0x400, 0xc00);