Thread (100 messages) 100 messages, 4 authors, 2017-08-02

Re: [RFC v6 11/62] powerpc: initial pkey plumbing

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <hidden>
Date: 2017-07-20 06:05:38
Also in: linux-arch, linux-mm, lkml

Ram Pai [off-list ref] writes:
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basic setup to initialize the pkey system. Only 64K kernel in HPT
mode, enables the pkey system.

Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig                   |   16 ++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h |    5 +++
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h       |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c         |    4 ++
 arch/powerpc/mm/Makefile               |    1 +
 arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c        |    1 +
 arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c                |   18 +++++++++++
 7 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index bf4391d..5c60fd6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -855,6 +855,22 @@ config SECCOMP

 	  If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.

+config PPC64_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
+	prompt "PowerPC Memory Protection Keys"
+	def_bool y
+	# Note: only available in 64-bit mode
+	depends on PPC64 && PPC_64K_PAGES
+	select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
+	select ARCH_HAS_PKEYS
+	---help---
+	  Memory Protection Keys provides a mechanism for enforcing
+	  page-based protections, but without requiring modification of the
+	  page tables when an application changes protection domains.
+
+	  For details, see Documentation/vm/protection-keys.txt
+
+	  If unsure, say y.
+
 endmenu

Shouldn't this come as the last patch ? Or can we enable this config by
this patch ? If so what does it do ? Did you test boot each of this
patch to make sure we don't break git bisect ?
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 config ISA_DMA_API
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index da7e943..4b93547 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -181,5 +181,10 @@ static inline bool arch_vma_access_permitted(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	/* by default, allow everything */

-aneesh
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