Re: [PATCH 0/9] [v3] x86, pkeys: two protection keys bug fixes

[Dave Hansen]

On 04/28/2018 12:05 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> In the above kernel that was missing the PROT_EXEC fix I was repeatedly running 
> the 64-bit and 32-bit testcases as non-root and as root as well, until I got a 
> hang in the middle of a 32-bit test running as root:
> 
>   test  7 PASSED (iteration 19)
>   test  8 PASSED (iteration 19)
>   test  9 PASSED (iteration 19)
> 
>   < test just hangs here >

For the hang, there is a known issue with the use of printf() in the
signal handler and a resulting deadlock.  I *thought* there was a patch
merged to fix this from Ram Pai or one of the other IBM folks.