linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v5 36/38] selftest: PowerPC specific test updates to memory protection keys

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <c0e2eab4-a724-5155-4ae9-03b37e4b9f54@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:33:09 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>, 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
Cc:     benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        bsingharora@...il.com, hbabu@...ibm.com, arnd@...db.de,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, corbet@....net, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v5 36/38] selftest: PowerPC specific test updates to memory
 protection keys

On 07/05/2017 02:22 PM, Ram Pai wrote:
> Abstracted out the arch specific code into the header file, and
> added powerpc specific changes.
> 
> a) added 4k-backed hpte, memory allocator, powerpc specific.
> b) added three test case where the key is associated after the page is
> 	accessed/allocated/mapped.
> c) cleaned up the code to make checkpatch.pl happy

There's a *lot* of churn here.  If it breaks, I'm going to have a heck
of a time figuring out which hunk broke.  Is there any way to break this
up into a series of things that we have a chance at bisecting?