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);

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