On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Dave Hansen wrote: > #include <asm-generic/mman.h> > diff -puN mm/Kconfig~pkeys-16-x86-mprotect_key mm/Kconfig > --- a/mm/Kconfig~pkeys-16-x86-mprotect_key 2015-12-03 16:21:31.114920208 -0800 > +++ b/mm/Kconfig 2015-12-03 16:21:31.119920435 -0800 > @@ -679,4 +679,5 @@ config NR_PROTECTION_KEYS > # Everything supports a _single_ key, so allow folks to > # at least call APIs that take keys, but require that the > # key be 0. > + default 16 if X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS > default 1 What happens if I set that to 42? I think we want to make this a runtime evaluated thingy. If pkeys are compiled in, but the machine does not support it then we don't support 16 keys, or do we? Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html