Re: [PATCH v1 0/7] Remove in-tree usage of MAP_DENYWRITE

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To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/7] Remove in-tree usage of MAP_DENYWRITE
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:58:57 -1000
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>, Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>, Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>, Chinwen Chang <chinwen.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>, "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>, Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx>, Kevin Brodsky <Kevin.Brodsky@xxxxxxx>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Shawn Anastasio <shawn@xxxxxxxxxx>, Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>, Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>, Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>, Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>, Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nicolas Viennot <Nicolas.Viennot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Cedeno <thomascedeno@xxxxxxxxxx>, Collin Fijalkovich <cfijalkovich@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian König <ckoenig.leichtzumerken@xxxxxxxxx>, "linux-unionfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-unionfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux API <linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, "<linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx>, Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 2:54 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> And nobody really complained when we weakened it, so maybe removing it
> entirely might be acceptable.

I guess we could just try it and see... Worst comes to worst, we'll
have to put it back, but at least we'd know what crazy thing still
wants it..

              Linus

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