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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>,
	shuahkh@osg.samsung.com, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mpe@ellerman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, mhocko@kernel.org, bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	fweimer@redhat.com, msuchanek@suse.de,
	aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 07/22] selftests/vm: generic function to handle shadow key register
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:34:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ed8baf0c-7ccf-aa99-a88b-9b7697af89f4@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1531835365-32387-8-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com>

On 07/17/2018 06:49 AM, Ram Pai wrote:
> -	shifted_pkey_reg = (pkey_reg >> (pkey * PKEY_BITS_PER_PKEY));
> +	shifted_pkey_reg = right_shift_bits(pkey, pkey_reg);
>  	dprintf2("%s() shifted_pkey_reg: "PKEY_REG_FMT"\n", __func__,
>  			shifted_pkey_reg);
>  	masked_pkey_reg = shifted_pkey_reg & mask;

I'm not a fan of how this looks.  This is almost certainly going to get
the argument order mixed up at some point.

Why do we need this?  The description doesn't say.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-18 15:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-17 13:49 [PATCH v14 00/22] selftests, powerpc, x86 : Memory Protection Keys Ram Pai
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 01/22] selftests/x86: Move protecton key selftest to arch neutral directory Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:25   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 02/22] selftests/vm: rename all references to pkru to a generic name Ram Pai
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 03/22] selftests/vm: move generic definitions to header file Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:26   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 04/22] selftests/vm: move arch-specific definitions to arch-specific header Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:27   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 05/22] selftests/vm: Make gcc check arguments of sigsafe_printf() Ram Pai
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 06/22] selftests/vm: typecast the pkey register Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:32   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 07/22] selftests/vm: generic function to handle shadow key register Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:34   ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 08/22] selftests/vm: fix the wrong assert in pkey_disable_set() Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:36   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 09/22] selftests/vm: fixed bugs in pkey_disable_clear() Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:43   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 10/22] selftests/vm: fix alloc_random_pkey() to make it really random Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:45   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 11/22] selftests/vm: introduce two arch independent abstraction Ram Pai
2018-07-18 15:52   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 12/22] selftests/vm: pkey register should match shadow pkey Ram Pai
2018-07-18 16:00   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 13/22] selftests/vm: generic cleanup Ram Pai
2018-07-18 16:06   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 14/22] selftests/vm: Introduce generic abstractions Ram Pai
2018-07-18 16:38   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 15/22] selftests/vm: powerpc implementation to check support for pkey Ram Pai
2018-07-18 16:42   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 16/22] selftests/vm: fix an assertion in test_pkey_alloc_exhaust() Ram Pai
2018-07-18 16:52   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 17/22] selftests/vm: associate key on a mapped page and detect access violation Ram Pai
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 18/22] selftests/vm: associate key on a mapped page and detect write violation Ram Pai
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 19/22] selftests/vm: detect write violation on a mapped access-denied-key page Ram Pai
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 20/22] selftests/vm: testcases must restore pkey-permissions Ram Pai
2018-07-18 16:56   ` Dave Hansen
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 21/22] selftests/vm: sub-page allocator Ram Pai
2018-07-17 13:49 ` [PATCH v14 22/22] selftests/vm: test correct behavior of pkey-0 Ram Pai
2018-07-18 17:03   ` Dave Hansen

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