Re: [PATCH 10/34] x86, pkeys: arch-specific protection bitsy

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Dec 08 2015 - 13:37:06 EST


On Tue, 8 Dec 2015, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015, Dave Hansen wrote:
>
> > Here's how it looks with the suggested modifications.
> >
> > Whatever compiler wonkiness I was seeing is gone now, so I've used the
> > most straightforward version of the shifts.
>
> > + * gcc generates better code if we do this rather than:
> > + * pkey = (flags & mask) >> shift
> > + */
> > + pkey = (vma->vm_flags & vma_pkey_mask) >> VM_PKEY_SHIFT;
>
> ROTFL!

Other than that silly comment, it's way better than before.

Thanks,

tglx
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