linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v6 17/62] powerpc: implementation for arch_set_user_pkey

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:15:36 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        arnd@...db.de, corbet@....net, mhocko@...nel.org,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, mingo@...hat.com, paulus@...ba.org,
        aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v6 17/62] powerpc: implementation for arch_set_user_pkey_access()


Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com> writes:
> @@ -113,10 +117,14 @@ static inline int arch_override_mprotect_pkey(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>
> +extern int __arch_set_user_pkey_access(struct task_struct *tsk, int pkey,
> +		unsigned long init_val);
>  static inline int arch_set_user_pkey_access(struct task_struct *tsk, int pkey,
>  		unsigned long init_val)
>  {
> -	return 0;
> +	if (!pkey_inited)
> +		return -1;
> +	return __arch_set_user_pkey_access(tsk, pkey, init_val);
>  }

If non-zero, the return value of this function will be passed to
userspace by the pkey_alloc syscall. Shouldn't it be returning an errno
macro such as -EPERM?

Also, why are there both arch_set_user_pkey_access and
__arch_set_user_pkey_access? Is it a speed optimization so that the
early return is inlined into the caller? Ditto for execute_only_pkey
and __arch_override_mprotect_pkey.

-- 
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center