Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] prctl.2: Add PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS (arm64)
From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-06-09 10:02:10
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From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-06-09 10:02:10
Also in:
linux-arch, linux-man
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:17:37PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
Add documentation for the PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS ioctl added in Linux 5.0 for arm64.
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+If the arguments are invalid, +and in particular if +.I arg2 +contains set bits that are unrecognized +or that correspond to a key not available on this platform, +the call fails with error +.BR EINVAL . +.IP +.B Warning: +Because the compiler or run-time environment +may be using some or all of the keys, +a successful +.IP +For more information, see the kernel source file +.I Documentation/arm64/pointer\-authentication.rst +.\"commit b693d0b372afb39432e1c49ad7b3454855bc6bed +(or +.I Documentation/arm64/pointer\-authentication.txt +before Linux 5.3). +.B PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS +may crash the calling process.
I might be misreading this, but this looks like the kernel reference appears mid-sentence. Regardless, I think we should drop the kernel doc reference, as I mentioned on the SVE patches. With that: Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Will _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel