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[v12,14/22] selftests/vm: clear the bits in shadow reg when a pkey is freed.

Message ID 1519264541-7621-15-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable
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Series selftests, powerpc, x86 : Memory Protection Keys | expand

Commit Message

Ram Pai Feb. 22, 2018, 1:55 a.m. UTC
When a key is freed, the  key  is  no  more  effective.
Clear the bits corresponding to the pkey in the shadow
register. Otherwise  it  will carry some spurious bits
which can trigger false-positive asserts.

cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Comments

Dave Hansen March 16, 2018, 10:24 p.m. UTC | #1
On 02/21/2018 05:55 PM, Ram Pai wrote:
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
> index c4c73e6..e82bd88 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
> @@ -586,7 +586,8 @@ int sys_pkey_free(unsigned long pkey)
>  	int ret = syscall(SYS_pkey_free, pkey);
>  
>  	if (!ret)
> -		shadow_pkey_reg &= reset_bits(pkey, PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS);
> +		shadow_pkey_reg &= reset_bits(pkey,
> +				PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS | PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE);
>  	dprintf1("%s(pkey=%ld) syscall ret: %d\n", __func__, pkey, ret);
>  	return ret;
>  }

What about your EXEC bit?
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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
index c4c73e6..e82bd88 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
@@ -586,7 +586,8 @@  int sys_pkey_free(unsigned long pkey)
 	int ret = syscall(SYS_pkey_free, pkey);
 
 	if (!ret)
-		shadow_pkey_reg &= reset_bits(pkey, PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS);
+		shadow_pkey_reg &= reset_bits(pkey,
+				PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS | PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE);
 	dprintf1("%s(pkey=%ld) syscall ret: %d\n", __func__, pkey, ret);
 	return ret;
 }