x86/mm/pkeys: Add Kconfig prompt to existing config option

hansendc · Ingo Molnar · commit 284244a98762 · 2016-02-18T19:46:30.000+01:00
I don't have a strong opinion on whether we need this or not. Protection Keys has relatively little code associated with it, and it is not a heavyweight feature to keep enabled. However, I can imagine that folks would still appreciate being able to disable it. Here's the option if folks want it. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160212210228.7E79386C@viggo.jf.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1716,8 +1716,18 @@ config X86_INTEL_MPX
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
+	prompt "Intel Memory Protection Keys"
 	def_bool y
+	# Note: only available in 64-bit mode
 	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_64
+	---help---
+	  Memory Protection Keys provides a mechanism for enforcing
+	  page-based protections, but without requiring modification of the
+	  page tables when an application changes protection domains.
+
+	  For details, see Documentation/x86/protection-keys.txt
+
+	  If unsure, say y.
 
 config EFI
 	bool "EFI runtime service support"
