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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:42 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> Except we won't export expose the new semantic to the userspace at all.

I'm confused: the changes in patch 1 are explicitly adding
MAP_FIXED_SAFE to the uapi. If it's not supposed to be exposed,
shouldn't it go somewhere else?

-Kees

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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:42 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> Except we won't export expose the new semantic to the userspace at all.

I'm confused: the changes in patch 1 are explicitly adding
MAP_FIXED_SAFE to the uapi. If it's not supposed to be exposed,
shouldn't it go somewhere else?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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