+static void mark_nxdata_nx(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * When this called, init has already been executed and released,
+ * so everything past _etext sould be NX.
+ */
+ unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_etext);
+ /*
+ * This comes from is_kernel_text upper limit. Also HPAGE where used:
+ */
+ unsigned long size = (((unsigned long)__init_end + HPAGE_SIZE) & HPAGE_MASK) - start;
+
+ if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "NX-protecting the kernel data: %luk\n", size >> 10);
+ set_pages_nx(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+}
+