linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 26/34] mm: implement new mprotect

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Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2015 08:44:23 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/34] mm: implement new mprotect_key() system call

On 12/04/2015 10:50 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On 12/04/2015 02:15 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
>>
>> mprotect_key() is just like mprotect, except it also takes a
>> protection key as an argument.  On systems that do not support
>> protection keys, it still works, but requires that key=0.
>> Otherwise it does exactly what mprotect does.
> 
> Is there a man page for this API?

Yep.  Patch to man-pages source is attached.  I actually broke it up in
to a few separate pages.  I was planning on submitting these after the
patches themselves go upstream.

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