linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86, pkeys: override pkey when moving away from PROT

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:48:20 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, linuxram@...ibm.com,
        mpe@...erman.id.au, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86, pkeys: override pkey when moving away from
 PROT_EXEC

On 03/23/2018 12:45 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> The fixes tag makes sense in general even if the patch is not tagged for
>> stable. It gives you immediate context and I use it a lot to look why this
>> went unnoticed or what the context of that change was.
> That said, I'm even lazier than you and prefer you to dig up the original
> commit :)

I'll have these tags in the next repost.