More details of the seal can be found in the LKML patch: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181120052137.74317-1-joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/memfd_create.2 | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/memfd_create.2 b/man2/memfd_create.2 index 15b1362f5525..3b7f032407ed 100644 --- a/man2/memfd_create.2 +++ b/man2/memfd_create.2 @@ -280,7 +280,15 @@ in order to restrict further modifications on the file. (If placing the seal .BR F_SEAL_WRITE , then it will be necessary to first unmap the shared writable mapping -created in the previous step.) +created in the previous step. Otherwise, behavior similar to +.BR F_SEAL_WRITE +can be achieved, by using +.BR F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE +which will prevent future writes via +.BR mmap (2) +and +.BR write (2) +from succeeding, while keeping existing shared writable mappings). .IP 4. A second process obtains a file descriptor for the .BR tmpfs (5) @@ -425,6 +433,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) fprintf(stderr, "\et\etg \- F_SEAL_GROW\en"); fprintf(stderr, "\et\ets \- F_SEAL_SHRINK\en"); fprintf(stderr, "\et\etw \- F_SEAL_WRITE\en"); + fprintf(stderr, "\et\etW \- F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE\en"); fprintf(stderr, "\et\etS \- F_SEAL_SEAL\en"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -463,6 +472,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) seals |= F_SEAL_SHRINK; if (strchr(seals_arg, \(aqw\(aq) != NULL) seals |= F_SEAL_WRITE; + if (strchr(seals_arg, \(aqW\(aq) != NULL) + seals |= F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE; if (strchr(seals_arg, \(aqS\(aq) != NULL) seals |= F_SEAL_SEAL; @@ -518,6 +529,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) printf(" GROW"); if (seals & F_SEAL_WRITE) printf(" WRITE"); + if (seals & F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE) + printf(" FUTURE_WRITE"); if (seals & F_SEAL_SHRINK) printf(" SHRINK"); printf("\en"); -- 2.21.0.360.g471c308f928-goog
