Re: [PATCH 00/34] x86: Memory Protection Keys (v5)

2015-12-11 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 12/04/2015 03:31 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Dave Hansen wrote: >>> Memory Protection Keys for User pages is a CPU feature which will >>> first appear on Skylake Servers, but

Re: [PATCH 00/34] x86: Memory Protection Keys (v5)

2015-12-04 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Dave Hansen wrote: > Memory Protection Keys for User pages is a CPU feature which will > first appear on Skylake Servers, but will also be supported on > future non-server parts. It provides a mechanism for enforcing > page-based protections, but

Re: [PATCH 00/34] x86: Memory Protection Keys (v5)

2015-12-04 Thread Dave Hansen
On 12/04/2015 03:31 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Dave Hansen wrote: >> Memory Protection Keys for User pages is a CPU feature which will >> first appear on Skylake Servers, but will also be supported on >> future non-server parts. It provides a

[PATCH 00/34] x86: Memory Protection Keys (v5)

2015-12-03 Thread Dave Hansen
Memory Protection Keys for User pages is a CPU feature which will first appear on Skylake Servers, but will also be supported on future non-server parts. It provides a mechanism for enforcing page-based protections, but without requiring modification of the page tables when an application changes