[PATCH v12 3/3] mm, x86, powerpc: display pkey in smaps only if arch supports pkeys
Dave Hansen
dave.hansen at intel.com
Tue Feb 27 08:16:16 AEDT 2018
On 02/21/2018 03:52 PM, Ram Pai wrote:
> Currently the architecture specific code is expected to
> display the protection keys in smap for a given vma.
> This can lead to redundant code and possibly to divergent
> formats in which the key gets displayed.
>
> This patch changes the implementation. It displays the
> pkey only if the architecture support pkeys, i.e
> arch_pkeys_enabled() returns true. This patch
> provides x86 implementation for arch_pkeys_enabled().
>
> x86 arch_show_smap() function is not needed anymore.
> Deleting it.
This looks fine to me. Thanks for doing these, Ram.
Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at intel.com>
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