[PATCH RFC v10 16/22] arm64: kpkeys: Support KPKEYS_CTX_PGTABLES

From: Kevin Brodsky

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 11:17:53 EST


Enable RW access to KPKEYS_PKEY_PGTABLES (used to map page table
pages) if switching to KPKEYS_CTX_PGTABLES, otherwise only grant RO
access.

Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kpkeys.h | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kpkeys.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kpkeys.h
index 70d85b0d69d6..6f6022b6cdcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kpkeys.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kpkeys.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
* Equivalent to por_set_kpkeys_context(0, KPKEYS_CTX_DEFAULT), but can also be
* used in assembly.
*/
-#define POR_EL1_INIT POR_ELx_PERM_PREP(0, POE_RWX)
+#define POR_EL1_INIT (POR_ELx_PERM_PREP(0, POE_RWX) | \
+ POR_ELx_PERM_PREP(KPKEYS_PKEY_PGTABLES, POE_R))

#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__

@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ static inline bool arch_supports_kpkeys_early(void)
static inline u64 por_set_kpkeys_context(u64 por, enum kpkeys_ctx ctx)
{
por = por_elx_set_pkey_perms(por, 0, POE_RWX);
+ por = por_elx_set_pkey_perms(por, KPKEYS_PKEY_PGTABLES,
+ ctx == KPKEYS_CTX_PGTABLES ? POE_RW : POE_R);

return por;
}

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