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* [PATCH 0/6] memfd: add sealing to hugetlb-backed memory
@ 2017-10-31 18:40 Marc-André Lureau
  2017-10-31 18:40 ` [PATCH 1/6] shmem: unexport shmem_add_seals()/shmem_get_seals() Marc-André Lureau
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  0 siblings, 6 replies; 26+ messages in thread
From: Marc-André Lureau @ 2017-10-31 18:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-mm, linux-kernel
  Cc: aarcange, hughd, nyc, mike.kravetz, Marc-André Lureau

Hi,

Recently, Mike Kravetz added hugetlbfs support to memfd. However, he
didn't add sealing support. One of the reasons to use memfd is to have
shared memory sealing when doing IPC or sharing memory with another
process with some extra safety. qemu uses shared memory & hugetables
with vhost-user (used by dpdk), so it is reasonable to use memfd
now instead for convenience and security reasons.

Thanks!

RFC->v1:
- split rfc patch, after early review feedback
- added patch for memfd-test changes
- fix build with hugetlbfs disabled
- small code and commit messages improvements

Marc-André Lureau (6):
  shmem: unexport shmem_add_seals()/shmem_get_seals()
  shmem: rename functions that are memfd-related
  hugetlb: expose hugetlbfs_inode_info in header
  hugetlbfs: implement memfd sealing
  shmem: add sealing support to hugetlb-backed memfd
  memfd-tests: test hugetlbfs sealing

 fs/fcntl.c                                 |   2 +-
 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c                       |  39 +++++---
 include/linux/hugetlb.h                    |  11 +++
 include/linux/shmem_fs.h                   |   6 +-
 mm/shmem.c                                 |  59 +++++++-----
 tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c | 150 +++--------------------------
 6 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)

-- 
2.15.0.rc0.40.gaefcc5f6f

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2017-10-31 18:40 [PATCH 0/6] memfd: add sealing to hugetlb-backed memory Marc-André Lureau
2017-10-31 18:40 ` [PATCH 1/6] shmem: unexport shmem_add_seals()/shmem_get_seals() Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-01 22:50   ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-31 18:40 ` [PATCH 2/6] shmem: rename functions that are memfd-related Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-01 23:01   ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-03 16:02     ` Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-03 16:22       ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-03 16:36         ` Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-03 18:07           ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-31 18:40 ` [PATCH 3/6] hugetlb: expose hugetlbfs_inode_info in header Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-01 23:20   ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-03 16:14     ` Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-03 16:23       ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-31 18:40 ` [PATCH 4/6] hugetlbfs: implement memfd sealing Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-01 23:44   ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-03 17:03   ` David Herrmann
2017-11-03 17:12     ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-03 17:41       ` David Herrmann
2017-11-03 17:56         ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-03 23:31           ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-05 12:07             ` David Herrmann
2017-10-31 18:40 ` [PATCH 5/6] shmem: add sealing support to hugetlb-backed memfd Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-02  0:18   ` Mike Kravetz
2017-11-03 16:13     ` Marc-André Lureau
2017-10-31 18:40 ` [PATCH 6/6] memfd-tests: test hugetlbfs sealing Marc-André Lureau
2017-11-03 23:59   ` Mike Kravetz

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