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PKEY_ALLOC(2) Linux Programmer's Manual PKEY_ALLOC(2)

NAME

     pkey_alloc, pkey_free - allocate or free a protection key

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/mman.h>
     int pkey_alloc(unsigned long flags, unsigned long access_rights);
     int pkey_free(int pkey);

DESCRIPTION

     pkey_alloc()  allocates  a  protection  key  (pkey) and allows it to be
     passed to pkey_mprotect(2).
     The pkey_alloc() flags is reserved for future use  and  currently  must
     always be specified as 0.
     The  pkey_alloc() access_rights  argument may contain zero or more dis-
     able operations:
     PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS
            Disable all data access to memory covered by the  returned  pro-
            tection key.
     PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE
            Disable  write  access to memory covered by the returned protec-
            tion key.
     pkey_free() frees a protection key and makes  it  available  for  later
     allocations.   After  a protection key has been freed, it may no longer
     be used in any protection-key-related operations.
     An application should not call pkey_free() on any protection key  which
     has  been assigned to an address range by pkey_mprotect(2) and which is
     still in use.  The behavior in this case is undefined and may result in
     an error.

RETURN VALUE

     On  success,  pkey_alloc() returns a positive protection key value.  On
     success, pkey_free() returns zero.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno
     is set appropriately.

ERRORS

     EINVAL pkey, flags, or access_rights is invalid.
     ENOSPC (pkey_alloc())  All  protection  keys  available for the current
            process have been allocated.  The number of  keys  available  is
            architecture-specific  and  implementation-specific  and  may be
            reduced by kernel-internal use of certain keys.  There are  cur-
            rently 15 keys available to user programs on x86.
            This  error  will also be returned if the processor or operating
            system does not support protection  keys.   Applications  should
            always  be  prepared to handle this error, since factors outside
            of the application's control can reduce the number of  available
            pkeys.

VERSIONS

     pkey_alloc() and pkey_free() were added to Linux in kernel 4.9; library
     support was added in glibc 2.27.

CONFORMING TO

     The pkey_alloc() and pkey_free() system calls are Linux-specific.

NOTES

     pkey_alloc() is always safe to call regardless of whether  or  not  the
     operating  system  supports protection keys.  It can be used in lieu of
     any other mechanism for detecting pkey support  and  will  simply  fail
     with the error ENOSPC if the operating system has no pkey support.
     The kernel guarantees that the contents of the hardware rights register
     (PKRU) will be preserved only for allocated protection keys.  Any  time
     a  key  is unallocated (either before the first call returning that key
     from pkey_alloc() or after it is freed via pkey_free()), the kernel may
     make  arbitrary  changes  to the parts of the rights register affecting
     access to that key.

EXAMPLE

     See pkeys(7).

SEE ALSO

     pkey_mprotect(2), pkeys(7)

COLOPHON

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Linux 2018-02-02 PKEY_ALLOC(2)

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