[PATCH v12 02/22] selftests/vm: rename all references to pkru to a generic name

Dave Hansen dave.hansen at intel.com
Sat Mar 17 08:55:26 AEDT 2018


On 02/21/2018 05:55 PM, Ram Pai wrote:
>  int pkey_set(int pkey, unsigned long rights, unsigned long flags)
>  {
>  	u32 mask = (PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS|PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE);
> -	u32 old_pkru = __rdpkru();
> -	u32 new_pkru;
> +	u32 old_pkey_reg = __rdpkey_reg();
> +	u32 new_pkey_reg;

If we're not using the _actual_ instruction names ("rdpkru"), I think
I'd rather this be something more readable, like: __read_pkey_reg().

But, it's OK-ish the way it is.

Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at intel.com>


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