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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/9] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:29:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201124092919.GI8537@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrXr-9ABs7rzXcCrh1VXn-15AfpwjA6bQA7aU9Ta7DR+bw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 07:28:22AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 1:54 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is an implementation of "secret" mappings backed by a file descriptor.
> >
> > The file descriptor backing secret memory mappings is created using a
> > dedicated memfd_secret system call The desired protection mode for the
> > memory is configured using flags parameter of the system call. The mmap()
> > of the file descriptor created with memfd_secret() will create a "secret"
> > memory mapping. The pages in that mapping will be marked as not present in
> > the direct map and will have desired protection bits set in the user page
> > table. For instance, current implementation allows uncached mappings.
> 
> I'm still not ready to ACK uncached mappings on x86.  I'm fine with
> the concept of allowing privileged users to create UC memory on x86
> for testing and experimentation, but it's a big can of worms in
> general. 

Ok, let's move forward without UC. 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

      reply	other threads:[~2020-11-24  9:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-23  9:54 [PATCH v10 0/9] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 1/9] mm: add definition of PMD_PAGE_ORDER Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 2/9] mmap: make mlock_future_check() global Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 3/9] set_memory: allow set_direct_map_*_noflush() for multiple pages Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 4/9] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 5/9] secretmem: use PMD-size pages to amortize direct map fragmentation Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 6/9] secretmem: add memcg accounting Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 7/9] PM: hibernate: disable when there are active secretmem users Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 8/9] arch, mm: wire up memfd_secret system call were relevant Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23 11:39   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-11-23  9:54 ` [PATCH v10 9/9] secretmem: test: add basic selftest for memfd_secret(2) Mike Rapoport
2020-11-23 15:28 ` [PATCH v10 0/9] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas Andy Lutomirski
2020-11-24  9:29   ` Mike Rapoport [this message]

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