From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3zy0wf2Jj8zF1sS for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2018 06:30:34 +1100 (AEDT) Subject: Re: mm, x86, powerpc: pkey semantics for key-0 ? To: Ram Pai References: <1519257138-23797-1-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com> <1519257138-23797-4-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com> <2a7737cf-a5ba-c814-fdc7-45b5cdd47376@intel.com> <20180308182517.GO1060@ram.oc3035372033.ibm.com> Cc: mpe@ellerman.id.au, mingo@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, paulus@samba.org, khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com, aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, bsingharora@gmail.com, hbabu@us.ibm.com, mhocko@kernel.org, bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com, ebiederm@xmission.com, corbet@lwn.net, arnd@arndb.de, fweimer@redhat.com, msuchanek@suse.com, Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com From: Dave Hansen Message-ID: <1bfaa8c0-cd9c-b590-9930-e9584dfb928d@intel.com> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:30:29 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180308182517.GO1060@ram.oc3035372033.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 03/08/2018 10:25 AM, Ram Pai wrote: > Is there a reason why the default key; key-0, is not allowed to be > explicitly associated with pages using pkey_mprotect()? No, it's a bug if it is not permitted. I have a vague recollection of knowing about this and having a patch.