RE: [RFC] transcendent memory for Linux

Dan Magenheimer
2009-07-02T14:06:29Z

OK, OK, I give up. I will ensure all code for shared pools
is removed from the next version of the patch.

Though for future reference, I am interested in what
problems it has other than "just" security (offlist
if you want).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel@ucw.cz]
>
> > > Yeah, a shared namespace of accessible objects is an entirely
> > > new thing
> > > in the Xen universe. I would also drop Xen support until
> > > there's a good
> > > security story about how they can be used.
> >
> > While I agree that the security is not bulletproof, I wonder
> > if this position might be a bit extreme. Certainly, the NSA
> > should not turn on tmem in a cluster, but that doesn't mean that
> > nobody should be allowed to. I really suspect that there are
>
> This has more problems than "just" security, and yes, security should
> be really solved at design time...
>
> Pavel