From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C49D7C00449 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:53:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BC0C20875 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:53:55 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8BC0C20875 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-foundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728662AbeJFCyH (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:54:07 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:36800 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728061AbeJFCyH (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:54:07 -0400 Received: from akpm3.svl.corp.google.com (unknown [104.133.8.65]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1FDC26822; Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:53:41 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 12:53:39 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com, jreck@google.com, john.stultz@linaro.org, tkjos@google.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Al Viro , "J. Bruce Fields" , Jeff Layton , Khalid Aziz , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Mike Kravetz Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: Add an fs-write seal to memfd Message-Id: <20181005125339.f6febfd3fcfdc69c6f408c50@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20181005192727.167933-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> References: <20181005192727.167933-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.6.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 12:27:27 -0700 "Joel Fernandes (Google)" wrote: > To support the usecase, this patch adds a new F_SEAL_FS_WRITE seal which > prevents any future mmap and write syscalls from succeeding while > keeping the existing mmap active. The following program shows the seal > working in action: Please be prepared to create a manpage patch for this one.