Re: [PATCH 20/34] x86, pkeys: differentiate instruction fetches

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Dec 08 2015 - 13:17:59 EST


On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Dave Hansen wrote:
> static inline bool arch_vma_access_permitted(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> - bool write, bool foreign)
> + bool write, bool execute, bool foreign)
....
> + /*
> + * gups are always data accesses, not instruction
> + * fetches, so execute=0 here

Again. Can we please be consistent about booleans?

> + */
> + if (!arch_vma_access_permitted(vma, write, 0, foreign))
> return -EFAULT;
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -576,8 +580,11 @@ bool vma_permits_fault(struct vm_area_st
> /*
> * The architecture might have a hardware protection
> * mechanism other than read/write that can deny access.
> + *
> + * gup always represents data access, not instruction
> + * fetches, so execute=0 here:
> */
> - if (!arch_vma_access_permitted(vma, write, foreign))
> + if (!arch_vma_access_permitted(vma, write, 0, foreign))
> return false;

Ditto.

Other than that: Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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