Re: [PATCH RFC V3 2/9] x86/fpu: Refactor arch_set_user_pkey_access() for PKS support

[Ira Weiny]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 10:50:05AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 10/9/20 12:42 PM, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * Update the pk_reg value and return it.
> 
> How about:
> 
> 	Replace disable bits for @pkey with values from @flags.

Done.

> 
> > + * Kernel users use the same flags as user space:
> > + *     PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS
> > + *     PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE
> > + */
> > +u32 update_pkey_val(u32 pk_reg, int pkey, unsigned int flags)
> > +{
> > +	int pkey_shift = pkey * PKR_BITS_PER_PKEY;
> > +
> > +	pk_reg &= ~(((1 << PKR_BITS_PER_PKEY) - 1) << pkey_shift);
> > +
> > +	if (flags & PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS)
> > +		pk_reg |= PKR_AD_BIT << pkey_shift;
> > +	if (flags & PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE)
> > +		pk_reg |= PKR_WD_BIT << pkey_shift;
> 
> I still think this deserves two lines of comments:
> 
> 	/* Mask out old bit values */
> 
> 	/* Or in new values */

Sure, done.
Ira