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The current assumption is that kernel code is always executed with access key zero, which means that storage key protection does not apply. However this assumption is not correct: cmpxchg_user_key() may be executed with a non-zero key; if then the storage key of the page which belongs to the cmpxchg_user_key() code contains a key with fetch-protection enabled the result is a protection exception. For several performance optimizations storage keys are not initialized on system boot. To keep these optimizations add infrastructure which allows to define code ranges within functions which are executed with a non-default key. When such code is executed such functions must explicitly call skey_regions_initialize(). This will initialize all storage keys belonging to such code ranges in a way that no protection exceptions happen when the code is executed with a non-default access key. Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.