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Re: [PATCH 18/25] powerpc: check key protection for user page access

From: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
Date: 2017-10-18 19:57:46

On Fri,  8 Sep 2017 15:45:06 -0700
Ram Pai [off-list ref] wrote:
Make sure that the kernel does not access user pages without
checking their key-protection.
Why? This makes the routines AMR/thread specific? Looks like
x86 does this as well, but these routines are used by GUP from
the kernel.

Balbir Singh.
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