Re: [PATCH v12 20/22] selftests/vm: testcases must restore pkey-permissions

2018-03-16 Thread Dave Hansen
On 02/21/2018 05:55 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 v12 20/22] selftests/vm: testcases must restore pkey-permissions

2018-02-21 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