Hi Liming,

This is being done as a part of the memory protections work which can be
reviewed here: Task Table · Memory Protections (github.com)
<https://github.com/orgs/tianocore/projects/3>

Overall, DxeCore will ingest the NX_COMPAT flag on image load.

In the base case, when modules make allocations of type EfiLoaderCode,
EfiBootServicesCode, and EfiRuntimeServicesCode, the EFI_MEMORY_XP access
attribute will be applied with the expectation that the allocating modules
will remove the EFI_MEMORY_XP attribute and apply the EFI_MEMORY_RO
attribute once they have loaded their code into the buffer for execution.

In the exception case, if an EFI_APPLICATION type image is loaded without
the NX_COMPAT flag then allocations of type EfiLoaderCode,
EfiBootServicesCode, and EfiRuntimeServicesCode will no longer have
EFI_MEMORY_XP applied for the remainder of boot.

Note that a patch series for the supporting DxeCore logic has not yet been
submitted.

Thanks,
Joey

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 7:46 PM gaoliming <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn> wrote:

> Joey:
>   Can you describe the full usage of NXCOMPAT bit? This patch sets NXCOMPAT
> bit. And, which module will consume NXCOMPAT bit, how use it? DxeCore?
>
> Thanks
> Liming
> > -----邮件原件-----
> > 发件人: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> 代表 Joey Vagedes
> > 发送时间: 2023年6月23日 23:45
> > 收件人: devel@edk2.groups.io
> > 抄送: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Liming Gao
> > <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>; Zhiguang Liu <zhiguang.liu@intel.com>;
> > Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com>; Bob Feng <bob.c.feng@intel.com>;
> > Yuwei Chen <yuwei.chen@intel.com>
> > 主题: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v1 0/2] Automatically set NXCOMPAT bit if
> > requirements are met
> >
> > Utilize GenFw to automatically set the NXCOMPAT bit of the DLL
> > Characteristics
> > field of the Optional Header if the following requirements are met:
> >
> > 1. It is a 64bit PE
> > 2. The section alignment is evently divisible by 4K
> > 3. No section is both EFI_IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE and
> > EFI_IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
> >
> > Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> > Cc: Liming Gao <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>
> > Cc: Zhiguang Liu <zhiguang.liu@intel.com>
> > Cc: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com>
> > Cc: Bob Feng <bob.c.feng@intel.com>
> > Cc: Yuwei Chen <yuwei.chen@intel.com>
> >
> > Joey Vagedes (2):
> >   MdePkg: IndustryStandard: Add DLL Characteristics
> >   BaseTools: GenFw: auto-set nxcompat flag
> >
> >  MdePkg/Include/IndustryStandard/PeImage.h | 15 +++++
> >  BaseTools/Source/C/GenFw/GenFw.c          | 59
> > ++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 74 insertions(+)
> >
> > --
> > 2.41.0.windows.1
> >
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