Re: your mail

Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-02-28T17:31:00Z

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 09:24:11AM -0800, Jeff Xu wrote:

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> > >
> > > When the vdso is marked with "sl", mremap() will fail, that's part of
> > > the mseal() business logic and belongs in mseal_test. The mseal_test
> > > already covers the mseal, and this series doesn't change mseal.
> > >
> > > As for the "sl", as I responded in the "refactor mseal_test" [1] , it
> > > will be part of the verifying step:
> > >
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CABi2SkUv_1gsuGh86AON-xRLAggCvDqJMHxT17mGy-XutSTAwg@mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > OK cool thanks. I will look at this when I can, I'm just snowed under
> > pre-LSF and have been sick so backlog, backlog as discussed off-list. But
> > it's not been forgotten (whiteboard etc. etc.)
> >
> Ya, no worry about that review, please take time to recover, I will wait.
> And appreciate your time and take priority for reviewing this series.

Thanks :)

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> > >
> > > Option two is to create a new path:
> > > tools/testing/selftests/sealsysmap. Then, add
> > > CONFIG_SEAL_SYSTEM_MAPPING=y to the config file and add a selftest to
> > > this path. This seems to be the preferred way by selftest, but we need
> > > a new dir for that.
> >
> > OK I like option 2 let's do this.
> >
> > But let's call it mseal_system_mappings (yes I"m being nitty again :) I
> > really want to try to _explicitly_ say 'mseal' because we have other forms
> > of sealing.
> >
> Sure.

Thanks!

>
> If long path names aren't a problem, I will use mseal_system_mappings,
> otherwise mseal_sysmap.

I think long form is fine.

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> > >
> > > In any case, I think the risk is low, and the code changes are quite
> > > simple, and fully tested.
> >
> > Yeah indeed, but I'd really like _something_ if possible. If option 2 is
> > relatively quick let's get that sorted out!
> >
> Great ! I will work on option 2.

Perfect cheers!

>
> Thanks
> -Jeff