Re: [RFC v5 36/38] selftest: PowerPC specific test updates to memory protection keys
From: Ram Pai
Date: Wed Jul 12 2017 - 17:57:53 EST
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:33:09AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 07/05/2017 02:22 PM, Ram Pai wrote:
> > Abstracted out the arch specific code into the header file, and
> > added powerpc specific changes.
> >
> > a) added 4k-backed hpte, memory allocator, powerpc specific.
> > b) added three test case where the key is associated after the page is
> > accessed/allocated/mapped.
> > c) cleaned up the code to make checkpatch.pl happy
>
> There's a *lot* of churn here. If it breaks, I'm going to have a heck
> of a time figuring out which hunk broke. Is there any way to break this
> up into a series of things that we have a chance at bisecting?
Just finished breaking down the changes into 20 gradual increments.
I have pushed it to my github tree at
https://github.com/rampai/memorykeys.git
branch is memkey.v6-rc3
See if it works for you. I am sure I would have broken something on
x86 since I dont have a x86 platform to test.
Let me know, Thanks,
RP