Re: [patch 0/5] Support for sanitization flag in low-level page allocator

Rik van Riel
2009-05-21T19:17:15Z

Larry H. wrote:
> This patch adds support for the SENSITIVE flag to the low level page
> allocator. An additional GFP flag is added for use with higher level
> allocators (GFP_SENSITIVE, which implies GFP_ZERO).

Sensitive to what? Allocation failures?

Kidding, I read the rest of your emails. However,
chances are whoever runs into the code later on
will not read everything.

Would GFP_CONFIDENTIAL & PG_confidential be a better
name, since it indicates the page stores confidential
information, which should not be leaked?