Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Date | Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:00:10 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 08/10] x86, mpx: add prctl commands PR_MPX_REGISTER, PR_MPX_UNREGISTER |
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On 06/18/2014 02:44 AM, Qiaowei Ren wrote: > This patch adds the PR_MPX_REGISTER and PR_MPX_UNREGISTER prctl() > commands. These commands can be used to register and unregister MPX > related resource on the x86 platform. > > The base of the bounds directory is set into mm_struct during > PR_MPX_REGISTER command execution. This member can be used to > check whether one application is mpx enabled.
The register and unregister operations seem to be almost the same thing. How about just PR_SYNC_MPX?
Also, would this make more sense in arch_prctl?
--Andy
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