Re: [PATCH v13 22/24] selftests/vm: testcases must restore pkey-permissions

2018-07-17 Thread Ram Pai
On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 08:20:22AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 06/13/2018 05:45 PM, Ram Pai wrote: > > Generally the signal handler restores the state of the pkey register > > before returning. However there are times when the read/write operation > > can legitamely fail without invoking the sig

Re: [PATCH v13 22/24] selftests/vm: testcases must restore pkey-permissions

2018-06-20 Thread Dave Hansen
On 06/13/2018 05:45 PM, Ram Pai wrote: > Generally the signal handler restores the state of the pkey register > before returning. However there are times when the read/write operation > can legitamely fail without invoking the signal handler. Eg: A > sys_read() operaton to a write-protected page s

[PATCH v13 22/24] selftests/vm: testcases must restore pkey-permissions

2018-06-13 Thread Ram Pai
Generally the signal handler restores the state of the pkey register before returning. However there are times when the read/write operation can legitamely fail without invoking the signal handler. Eg: A sys_read() operaton to a write-protected page should be disallowed. In such a case the state