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From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>, Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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	x86@kernel.org, Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v8 01/24] mm: Introduce kpkeys
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:32:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a56cd054-acb7-4386-9f22-816f82e55e82@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4eb4ea8-f4d6-4be2-81b1-4a8a46abe94e@arm.com>

>>> +static __always_inline u64 kpkeys_set_context(int ctx)
>> Should ctx be unsigned here? I'm nor sure what a negativ context
>> would mean.
>> kpkeys_set_context(unsigned int ctx)
> 
> That's a good point, now that we say "context" and not "level" an enum
> would be a better representation. I would directly use:
> 
>     u64 kpkeys_set_context(enum kpkeys_ctx ctx);
> 
> ... unless we really need another layer of abstraction.

Using an enum will also make it easier to just automatically update MIN and MAX
values. Although, arguably, you can just assume that MIN will always be 0.

enum kpkey_ctx {
    KPKEY_CTX_DEFAULT = 0,
    KPKEY_CTX_COUNT,
};

Then, just reject anything < 0 or >= KPKEY_CTX_COUNT.

-- 
Cheers,

David


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-16 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-26 11:15 [PATCH RFC v8 00/24] pkeys-based page table hardening Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 01/24] mm: Introduce kpkeys Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 13:17   ` Linus Walleij
2026-05-27  8:24     ` Kevin Brodsky
2026-06-16 15:32       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-06-16 15:19   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 02/24] set_memory: Introduce set_memory_pkey() stub Kevin Brodsky
2026-06-16 15:41   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 03/24] arm64: mm: Enable overlays for all EL1 indirect permissions Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 04/24] arm64: Introduce por_elx_set_pkey_perms() helper Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 05/24] arm64: Implement asm/kpkeys.h using POE Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 06/24] arm64: set_memory: Implement set_memory_pkey() Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 07/24] arm64: Context-switch POR_EL1 Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 08/24] arm64: Initialize POR_EL1 register on cpu_resume() Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 09/24] arm64: Enable kpkeys Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:15 ` [PATCH RFC v8 10/24] memblock: Move INIT_MEMBLOCK_* macros to header Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 11/24] mm: kpkeys: Introduce kpkeys_hardened_pgtables feature Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 12/24] mm: kpkeys: Protect regular page tables Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 13/24] mm: kpkeys: Introduce early page table allocator Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 14/24] mm: kpkeys: Protect vmemmap page tables Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 15/24] mm: kpkeys: Introduce hook for protecting static " Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 16/24] arm64: kpkeys: Implement arch_supports_kpkeys_early() Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 17/24] arm64: kpkeys: Support KPKEYS_CTX_PGTABLES Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 18/24] arm64: kpkeys: Ensure the linear map can be modified Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 19/24] arm64: kpkeys: Protect early page tables Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 20/24] arm64: kpkeys: Protect init_pg_dir Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 21/24] arm64: kpkeys: Guard page table writes Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 22/24] arm64: kpkeys: Batch KPKEYS_CTX_PGTABLES switches Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 23/24] arm64: kpkeys: Enable kpkeys_hardened_pgtables support Kevin Brodsky
2026-05-26 11:16 ` [PATCH RFC v8 24/24] mm: Add basic tests for kpkeys_hardened_pgtables Kevin Brodsky

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