On 10/19/2018 09:59 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> That looks like a good API in general. The ffs_user_copy_worker that >> Sebastian mentioned seems to be used by AIO, in which case of course it >> has to happen in a kernel thread. >> >> But while the API is good, deciding on the desired semantics is >> "interesting". The submitting thread might be changing PKRU between the >> time the I/O operation is submitted and the time it is completed, for >> example. > I think there’s only one sensible answer: capture PKRU at the time of > submission.
I think it's much more straightforward to just not enforce pkeys. Having this "phantom" value could cause a very odd, nearly undebuggable I/O failure.
