Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] memfd: add sealing to hugetlb-backed memory

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Hi Mike

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/20/2017 04:26 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:10:51 +0100 Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> 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

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