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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
Cc: christian@brauner.io, arve@android.com,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	maco@google.com, joel@joelfernandes.org, kernel-team@android.com,
	smoreland@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binder: add flag to clear buffer on txn complete
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 08:14:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <X7i+QcE8hhY03FX1@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201120233743.3617529-1-tkjos@google.com>

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 03:37:43PM -0800, Todd Kjos wrote:
> Add a per-transaction flag to indicate that the buffer
> must be cleared when the transaction is complete to
> prevent copies of sensitive data from being preserved
> in memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
> ---

DOes this need to be backported to stable kernels as well?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-21  7:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-20 23:37 [PATCH] binder: add flag to clear buffer on txn complete Todd Kjos
2020-11-21  7:14 ` Greg KH [this message]
2020-11-21 17:11   ` Todd Kjos

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