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

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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>
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Dave Hansen 2016-02-12 13:02:28 -08:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
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@ -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"