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-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
index 8cb4fe58f381..55a4e349a45e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
@@ -1163,12 +1163,15 @@ void test_pkey_alloc_exhaust(int *ptr, u16 pkey)
pkey_assert(i < NR_PKEYS*2);
/*
- * There are 16 pkeys supported in hardware. One is taken
- * up for the default (0) and another can be taken up by
- * an execute-only mapping. Ensure that we can allocate
- * at least 14 (16-2).
+ * There are 16 pkeys supported in hardware. Three are
+ * allocated by the time we get here:
+ * 1. The default key (0)
+ * 2. One possibly consumed by an execute-only mapping.
+ * 3. One allocated by the test code and passed in via
+ * 'pkey' to this function.
+ * Ensure that we can allocate at least another 13 (16-3).
*/
- pkey_assert(i >= NR_PKEYS-2);
+ pkey_assert(i >= NR_PKEYS-3);
for (i = 0; i < nr_allocated_pkeys; i++) {
err = sys_pkey_free(allocated_pkeys[i]);