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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:55:09 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v21 0/6] mm: security: ro protection for dynamic
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:37:36 +0300
Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@huawei.com> wrote:

> This patch-set introduces the possibility of protecting memory that has
> been allocated dynamically.

One thing that jumps out at me as I look at the patch set is: you do not
include any users of this functionality.  Where do you expect this
allocator to be used?  Actually seeing the API in action would be a useful
addition, I think.

Thanks,

jon