Re: [PATCH V8 02/44] Documentation/protection-keys: Clean up documentation for User Space pkeys

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Fri Jan 28 2022 - 17:39:16 EST


On 1/27/22 09:54, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> +PKeys Userspace (PKU) is a feature which is found on Intel's Skylake "Scalable
> +Processor" Server CPUs and later. And it will be available in future
> +non-server Intel parts and future AMD processors.

The non-server parts are quite available these days. I'm typing on one
right now:

model name : 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz

This can probably say:

Protection Keys for Userspace (PKU) can be found on:
* Intel server CPUs, Skylake and later
* Intel client CPUs, Tiger Lake (11th Gen Core) and later
* Future AMD CPUs

It would be great if the AMD folks can elaborate on that a bit, but I
understand it might not be possible if the CPUs aren't out yet.