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linux-yocto/4.9/4.10: add Intel Memory Protection Extensions
authorBruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:31:15 +0000 (09:31 -0400)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:27:47 +0000 (14:27 +0000)
commit12cd5bb61de6f254d34cc070816adeacdbe39d5c
tree56f10ebf851a2c0bd5a1cf6df355d843823563d3
parent6812934630a68deca76177c55fb0b153e17d6058
linux-yocto/4.9/4.10: add Intel Memory Protection Extensions

This commit adds a kernel feature to have the kernel support
for Intel Memory Protection Extensions (MPX).

A quote from kernel arch/x86/Kconfig:

"MPX provides hardware features that can be used in conjuction
with compiler-instrumented code to check memory references. It
is designed to detect buffer overflow or underflow bugs."

Intel MPX is available, e.g., on Skylake and on Goldmont (e.g.,
Intel 570x).

Signed-off-by: Mikko Ylinen <mikko.ylinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_4.10.bb
meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_4.9.bb
meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_4.10.bb
meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_4.9.bb
meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.10.bb
meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.9.bb