Intel Continues Prepping PKS For The Linux Kernel (Protection Keys for Supervisor)

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Phoronix: Intel Continues Prepping PKS For The Linux Kernel (Protection Keys for Supervisor)

Intel engineers continue working on "Protection Keys for Supervisor" support for the Linux kernel as a feature coming to a future generation of processors (presumably Sapphire Rapids). The initial users of this PKS support will be helping to protect persistent memory as well as adding safeguards to Trusted Keys within the Linux kernel...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-PKS-Protection-Keys

[cjcox]

The guys at VMware (Pivotal) have cancelled this evening's celebration...