From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756787AbdLVSaO (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:30:14 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f169.google.com ([209.85.128.169]:40728 "EHLO mail-wr0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755464AbdLVSaK (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:30:10 -0500 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBosYzY+HcJ9LYq6VJO0CJ3GEfzga833JiA8RWbuAn2qcCcvdHDuaAyW9rAQvER+cR7RwQZ69VZBurgoaj8ymJiw= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <843a6fd0-b8a3-7146-fe48-f9e81977f567@oracle.com> References: <20171107122800.25517-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> <20171220151051.GV4831@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20171220162653.4beeadd43629ccb8a5901aea@linux-foundation.org> <843a6fd0-b8a3-7146-fe48-f9e81977f567@oracle.com> From: =?UTF-8?B?TWFyYy1BbmRyw6kgTHVyZWF1?= Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:30:08 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] memfd: add sealing to hugetlb-backed memory To: Mike Kravetz Cc: Andrew Morton , Michal Hocko , linux-mm@kvack.org, open list , Andrea Arcangeli , Hugh Dickins , nyc@holomorphy.com, David Herrmann Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by mail.home.local id vBMIUHig018268 Hi Mike On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Mike Kravetz wrote: > On 12/20/2017 04:26 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:10:51 +0100 Michal Hocko wrote: >> >>> On Wed 20-12-17 15:15:50, Marc-André Lureau wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 4:13 AM, Mike Kravetz wrote: >>>>> +Cc: Andrew, Michal, David >>>>> >>>>> Are there any other comments on this patch series from Marc-André? Is anything >>>>> else needed to move forward? >>>>> >>>>> I have reviewed the patches in the series. David Herrmann (the original >>>>> memfd_create/file sealing author) has also taken a look at the patches. >>>>> >>>>> One outstanding issue is sorting out the config option dependencies. Although, >>>>> IMO this is not a strict requirement for this series. I have addressed this >>>>> issue in a follow on series: >>>>> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171109014109.21077-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com >>>> >>>> Are we good for the next merge window? Is Hugh Dickins the maintainer >>>> with the final word, and doing the pull request? (sorry, I am not very >>>> familiar with kernel development) >>> >>> Andrew will pick it up, I assume. I will try to get and review this but >>> there is way too much going on before holiday. >> >> Yup, things are quiet at present. >> >> I'll suck these up for a bit of testing - please let me know if you'd >> prefer them to be held back for a cycle (ie: for 4.17-rc1) > > Thanks Andrew, > > As mentioned above there is one issue related to this series that we may > want to address. It is described in the series at: > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171109014109.21077-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com > > I did not get many comments on this series/issue. If we want to do > something like this, now might be a good time. I am not the best person to say, but I think that series makes a lot of sense (and looks good to me). However, I don't think we need to wait for it to get the sealing support added (furthermore, your rfc series is on top). Thanks! -- Marc-André Lureau