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PMP and Physical Memory Protection Domains: Review Checklist

Review Checklist for PMP and Physical Memory Protection Domains.

Review checklist

Review Checklist for PMP and Physical Memory Protection Domains is anchored on Unauthorized-access block rate, PMP rule evaluation latency, and coverage of privilege-domain isolation tests.. Convert observations into mechanism-backed decisions with explicit ownership.

  • Workload scope and KPI targets are explicit.

  • Environment metadata is locked and reproducible.

  • Mechanism classification is evidence-backed.

  • Owner and rollback conditions are documented.

  • Validation matrix covers correctness, perf, and power.

  • Owners signed: security architecture owner, firmware and boot-flow owner, CPU privilege architect, platform software owner, security validation owner.