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+/* Helper functions for manipulating memory protection keys.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _ARCH_PKEY_H
+#define _ARCH_PKEY_H
+
+/* Return the value of the PKRU register.  */
+static inline unsigned int
+pkey_read (void)
+{
+  unsigned int result;
+  __asm__ volatile (".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xee"
+                    : "=a" (result) : "c" (0) : "rdx");
+  return result;
+}
+
+/* Overwrite the PKRU register with VALUE.  */
+static inline void
+pkey_write (unsigned int value)
+{
+  __asm__ volatile (".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xef"
+                    : : "a" (value), "c" (0), "d" (0));
+}
+
+#endif /* _ARCH_PKEY_H */