Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86, pkeys: override pkey when moving away from PROT_EXEC

[Dave Hansen]

On 03/23/2018 12:15 PM, Shakeel Butt wrote:
>> We had a check for PROT_READ/WRITE, but it did not work
>> for PROT_NONE.  This entirely removes the PROT_* checks,
>> which ensures that PROT_NONE now works.
>>
>> Reported-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Should there be a 'Fixes' tag? Also should this patch go to stable?

There could be, but I'm to lazy to dig up the original commit.  Does it
matter?

And, yes, I think it probably makes sense for -stable.  I'll add that if
I resend this series.