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Re: [Xen-devel] how to disable the NX flag in a domU?

from [Keir Fraser] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Hans-Christian Armingeon <mog.johnny@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] how to disable the NX flag in a domU?
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:39:03 +0100
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On 28 Jun 2006, at 10:15, Hans-Christian Armingeon wrote:
I am having problems with an unclean written closed source application, which segfaults by time, because it has executable code on the stack.
Is it possible, to disable the NX bit on modern processors for a domU? I know, this is an unclean solution - but it would be a quick fix. 

You can specify 'noexec=off' to your domU Linux.

 -- Keir


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