Re: [RFC 12/17] arm64: move ptrauth keys to thread_info

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On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 09:47:49AM +0100, Kristina Martsenko wrote:
> From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> 
> To use pointer authentication in the kernel, we'll need to switch keys
> in the entry assembly. This patch moves the pointer auth keys into
> thread_info to make this possible.
> 
> There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@xxxxxxx>

Can we actually fold this into patch 7? It also leaves the door open to
allowing per-thread keys.

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Catalin



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