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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-13 11:01:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-13 11:32:08 +0200 |
| commit | 9b780b0654b0d92a4d77a3d4fc47512737bdbaed (patch) | |
| tree | 909e82f17c1cc2d3d6e6694fba43a16509d46909 | |
| parent | 3cb972b3bb5232c2152f84d5097584f1fecfa64d (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-9b780b0654b0d92a4d77a3d4fc47512737bdbaed.tar.gz | |
proc.5: Rework 'smaps' ProtectionKey text and add some details
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 939045edf1..cac8cb7883 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -1688,6 +1688,14 @@ patch reports "MMUPageSize" as the page size used by the MMU. The "Locked" indicates whether the mapping is locked in memory or not. +The "ProtectionKey" line (available since Linux 4.9, on x86 only) +contains the memory protection key (see +.BR pkeys (7)) +associated with the virtual memory area. +This entry is present only if the kernel was built with the +.B CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS +configuration option. + "VmFlags" field represents the kernel flags associated with the particular virtual memory area in two letter encoded manner. The codes are the following: |