[PATCH 02/25] powerpc: define an additional vma bit for protection keys.

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Oct 23 20:25:51 AEDT 2017


Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com> writes:

> powerpc needs an additional vma bit to support 32 keys.
> Till the additional vma bit lands in include/linux/mm.h
> we have to define  it  in powerpc specific header file.
> This is  needed to get pkeys working on power.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
> index c02305a..44e01a2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
> @@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
>
>  extern bool pkey_inited;
>  extern bool pkey_execute_disable_support;
> +
> +/*
> + * powerpc needs an additional vma bit to support 32 keys.
> + * Till the additional vma bit lands in include/linux/mm.h
> + * we have to carry the hunk below. This is  needed to get
> + * pkeys working on power. -- Ram
> + */
> +#ifndef VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_4
> +#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_4	36
> +#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_4	BIT(VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_4)
> +#define VM_PKEY_SHIFT VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_0
> +#define VM_PKEY_BIT0	VM_HIGH_ARCH_0
> +#define VM_PKEY_BIT1	VM_HIGH_ARCH_1
> +#define VM_PKEY_BIT2	VM_HIGH_ARCH_2
> +#define VM_PKEY_BIT3	VM_HIGH_ARCH_3
> +#define VM_PKEY_BIT4	VM_HIGH_ARCH_4
> +#endif
> +
>  #define ARCH_VM_PKEY_FLAGS 0

Do we want them in pkeys.h ? Even if they are arch specific for the
existing ones we have them in include/linux/mm.h. IIUC, vmflags details
are always in mm.h? This will be the first exception to that?


>
>  static inline bool mm_pkey_is_allocated(struct mm_struct *mm, int pkey)
> -- 
> 1.7.1



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