Re: [PATCH 08/25] powerpc: sys_pkey_alloc() and sys_pkey_free() system calls

2017-10-25 Thread Michael Ellerman
Ram Pai writes: > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 05:48:15PM +0200, Michael Ellerman wrote: >> Ram Pai writes: >> >> > Finally this patch provides the ability for a process to >> > allocate and free a protection key. >> >> This must be the last patch in the series. >> >> We don't want to expose a hal

Re: [PATCH 08/25] powerpc: sys_pkey_alloc() and sys_pkey_free() system calls

2017-10-24 Thread Ram Pai
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 05:48:15PM +0200, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Ram Pai writes: > > > Finally this patch provides the ability for a process to > > allocate and free a protection key. > > This must be the last patch in the series. > > We don't want to expose a half working interface to users

Re: [PATCH 08/25] powerpc: sys_pkey_alloc() and sys_pkey_free() system calls

2017-10-24 Thread Michael Ellerman
Ram Pai writes: > Finally this patch provides the ability for a process to > allocate and free a protection key. This must be the last patch in the series. We don't want to expose a half working interface to userspace. cheers