Only the architecture knows if it supports protection keys. Hence introducing arch_pkeys_enabled(). This function is needed by arch neutral code. One use case is -- to determine if the protection key needs to be displayed in smaps. Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/pkeys.h | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/pkeys.h b/include/linux/pkeys.h index a1bacf1..d120810 100644 --- a/include/linux/pkeys.h +++ b/include/linux/pkeys.h @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ static inline int arch_set_user_pkey_access(struct task_struct *tsk, int pkey, return 0; } +static inline bool arch_pkeys_enabled(void) +{ + return false; +} + static inline void copy_init_pkru_to_fpregs(void) { } -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>