Total 32 keys are available on power7 and above. However
pkey 0,1 are reserved. So effectively we have 30 pkeys.
On 4K kernels, we do not have 5 bits in the PTE to
represent all the keys; we only have 3bits.Two of those
keys are reserved; pkey 0 and pkey 1. So effectively we
have 6
Total 32 keys are available on power7 and above. However
pkey 0,1 are reserved. So effectively we have 30 pkeys.
On 4K kernels, we do not have 5 bits in the PTE to
represent all the keys; we only have 3bits.Two of those
keys are reserved; pkey 0 and pkey 1. So effectively we
have 6
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