Re: [PATCH v12 07/22] selftests/vm: fixed bugs in pkey_disable_clear()

[Thiago Jung Bauermann]

Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 03/28/2018 01:47 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>>>>  	if (flags)
>>>> -		assert(rdpkey_reg() > orig_pkey_reg);
>>>> +		assert(rdpkey_reg() < orig_pkey_reg);
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>>  void pkey_write_allow(int pkey)
>>> This seems so horribly wrong that I wonder how it worked in the first
>>> place.  Any idea?
>> The code simply wasn't used. pkey_disable_clear() is called by
>> pkey_write_allow() and pkey_access_allow(), but before this patch series
>> nothing called either of these functions.
>> 
>
> Ahh, that explains it.  Can that get stuck in the changelog, please?

Yes, will be in the next version.

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center