From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Cc: borntraeger@de.ibm.com, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/25] x86, pkeys: PTE bits for storing protection key
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:51:05 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1510011350470.4500@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150928191819.F8EB3C51@viggo.jf.intel.com>
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Dave Hansen wrote:
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>
> Previous documentation has referred to these 4 bits as "ignored".
> That means that software could have made use of them. But, as
> far as I know, the kernel never used them.
>
> They are still ignored when protection keys is not enabled, so
> they could theoretically still get used for software purposes.
>
> We also implement "empty" versions so that code that references
> to them can be optimized away by the compiler when the config
> option is not enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-28 19:18 [PATCH 00/25] x86: Memory Protection Keys Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 01/25] x86, fpu: add placeholder for Processor Trace XSAVE state Dave Hansen
2015-10-01 11:01 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 03/25] x86, pkeys: cpuid bit definition Dave Hansen
2015-10-01 11:02 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 02/25] x86, pkeys: Add Kconfig option Dave Hansen
2015-10-01 11:02 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 05/25] x86, pkey: add PKRU xsave fields and data structure(s) Dave Hansen
2015-10-01 11:50 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-10-01 17:17 ` Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 04/25] x86, pku: define new CR4 bit Dave Hansen
2015-10-01 11:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 06/25] x86, pkeys: PTE bits for storing protection key Dave Hansen
2015-10-01 11:51 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 07/25] x86, pkeys: new page fault error code bit: PF_PK Dave Hansen
2015-10-01 11:54 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-10-01 17:19 ` Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 08/25] x86, pkeys: store protection in high VMA flags Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 09/25] x86, pkeys: arch-specific protection bits Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 10/25] x86, pkeys: pass VMA down in to fault signal generation code Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 11/25] x86, pkeys: notify userspace about protection key faults Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 13/25] mm: factor out VMA fault permission checking Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 12/25] x86, pkeys: add functions to fetch PKRU Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 16/25] x86, pkeys: optimize fault handling in access_error() Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 14/25] mm: simplify get_user_pages() PTE bit handling Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 15/25] x86, pkeys: check VMAs and PTEs for protection keys Dave Hansen
2015-10-22 20:57 ` Jerome Glisse
2015-10-22 21:23 ` Dave Hansen
2015-10-22 22:25 ` Jerome Glisse
2015-10-23 0:49 ` Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 18/25] x86, pkeys: dump PTE pkey in /proc/pid/smaps Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 19/25] x86, pkeys: add Kconfig prompt to existing config option Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 17/25] x86, pkeys: dump PKRU with other kernel registers Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 20/25] mm, multi-arch: pass a protection key in to calc_vm_flag_bits() Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 22/25] x86: wire up mprotect_key() system call Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 23/25] x86, pkeys: actually enable Memory Protection Keys in CPU Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 21/25] mm: implement new mprotect_key() system call Dave Hansen
2015-09-29 6:39 ` Michael Ellerman
2015-09-29 14:16 ` Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 24/25] x86, pkeys: add self-tests Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 19:18 ` [PATCH 25/25] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen
2015-09-28 20:34 ` Andi Kleen
2015-09-28 20:41 ` Dave Hansen
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