Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: Add an fs-write seal to memfd

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On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 02:10:58PM -0700, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 12:53:39PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri,  5 Oct 2018 12:27:27 -0700 "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > To support the usecase, this patch adds a new F_SEAL_FS_WRITE seal which
> > > prevents any future mmap and write syscalls from succeeding while
> > > keeping the existing mmap active. The following program shows the seal
> > > working in action:
> > 
> > Please be prepared to create a manpage patch for this one.
> 
> Sure, I will do that. thanks,

And a test case to the in-kernel memfd tests would be appreciated.

thanks,

greg k-h



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