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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	linux-x86_64@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: MPK: removing a pkey
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:35:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e97e53a1-ba04-c62e-cc64-054b488d5394@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8051353f-47d3-37a4-a402-41adc8b6eb88@linux.intel.com>

On 11/24/2017 12:29 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Although weird, the thought here was that pkey_mprotect() callers are
> new and should know about the interactions with PROT_EXEC.  They can
> also*get*  PROT_EXEC semantics if they want.
> 
> The only wart here is if you do:
> 
> 	mprotect(..., PROT_EXEC); // key 10 is now the PROT_EXEC key

I thought the PROT_EXEC key is always 1?

> 	pkey_mprotect(..., PROT_EXEC, key=3);
> 
> I'm not sure what this does.  We should probably ensure that it returns
> an error.

Without protection key support, PROT_EXEC would imply PROT_READ with an 
ordinary mprotect.  I think it makes sense to stick to this behavior. 
It is what I have documented for glibc:

   <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-11/msg00841.html>

Thanks,
Florian

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-24  8:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-05 10:35 MPK: pkey_free and key reuse Florian Weimer
2017-11-08 20:41 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-09 14:48   ` Florian Weimer
2017-11-09 16:59     ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-23 12:48       ` Florian Weimer
2017-11-23 13:07         ` Vlastimil Babka
2017-11-23 15:25         ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-24 14:55           ` Florian Weimer
     [not found] ` <0f006ef4-a7b5-c0cf-5f58-d0fd1f911a54-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-22  8:18   ` MPK: removing a pkey (was: pkey_free and key reuse) Vlastimil Babka
2017-11-22 12:15     ` MPK: removing a pkey Florian Weimer
2017-11-22 12:46       ` Vlastimil Babka
     [not found]         ` <f0495f01-9821-ec36-56b4-333f109eb761-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-22 12:49           ` Florian Weimer
2017-11-22 16:10       ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-22 16:21         ` Florian Weimer
     [not found]           ` <9ec19ff3-86f6-7cfe-1a07-1ab1c5d9882c-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-22 16:32             ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-23  8:11               ` Vlastimil Babka
     [not found]                 ` <de93997a-7802-96cf-62e2-e59416e745ca-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-23 15:00                   ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-23 21:42                     ` Vlastimil Babka
     [not found]                       ` <2d12777f-615a-8101-2156-cf861ec13aa7-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-23 23:29                         ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-24  8:35                           ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2017-11-24  8:38                             ` Vlastimil Babka
2017-11-23 12:38               ` Florian Weimer
2017-11-23 15:09                 ` Dave Hansen

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