Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] prtcl: introduce PR_MTE_STORE_ONLY

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Apr 24 2025 - 16:35:12 EST


On 10.04.25 10:07, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
PR_MTE_STORE_ONLY is used to restrict the MTE tag check for store
opeartion only.

Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 15c18ef4eb11..83ac566251d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
# define PR_MTE_TAG_MASK (0xffffUL << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT)
/* Unused; kept only for source compatibility */
# define PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT 1
+/* MTE tag check store only */
+# define PR_MTE_STORE_ONLY (1UL << 19)

That is the next available bit after PR_MTE_TAG_MASK, correct?

Would we want to leave some space to grow PR_MTE_TAG_MASK in the future (could that happen?)?

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb