[PATCH v14 08/22] selftests/vm: fix the wrong assert in pkey_disable_set()

Dave Hansen dave.hansen at intel.com
Thu Jul 19 01:36:50 AEST 2018


On 07/17/2018 06:49 AM, Ram Pai wrote:
> If the flag is 0, no bits will be set. Hence we cant expect
> the resulting bitmap to have a higher value than what it
> was earlier.
...
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
> @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void pkey_disable_set(int pkey, int flags)
>  	dprintf1("%s(%d) pkey_reg: 0x"PKEY_REG_FMT"\n",
>  		__func__, pkey, read_pkey_reg());
>  	if (flags)
> -		pkey_assert(read_pkey_reg() > orig_pkey_reg);
> +		pkey_assert(read_pkey_reg() >= orig_pkey_reg);
>  	dprintf1("END<---%s(%d, 0x%x)\n", __func__,
>  		pkey, flags);
>  }

I know these are just selftests, but this change makes zero sense
without the context from how powerpc works.  It's also totally
non-obvious from the patch itself what is going on, even though I
specifically called this out in a previous review.

Please add a comment here that either specifically calls out powerpc or
talks about "an architecture that does this ..."



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