On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 04:47:31PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > This makes it consistent with h_enter where we clear the key > bits. We also want to use virtual page class key protection mechanism > for indicating host page fault. For that we will be using key class > index 30 and 31. So prevent the guest from updating key bits until > we add proper support for virtual page class protection mechanism for > the guest. This will not have any impact for PAPR linux guest because > Linux guest currently don't use virtual page class key protection model As things stand, without this patch series, we do actually have everything we need in the kernel for guests to use virtual page class keys. Arguably we should have a capability to tell userspace how many storage keys the guest can use, but that's the only missing piece as far as I can see. If we add such a capability, I can't see any reason why we should need to disable guest use of storage keys in this patchset. Paul. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
