2024. június 15., szombat 1:52 keltezéssel, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> írta: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:00:02 +0000 Barnabás Pőcze pobrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > 2024. június 14., péntek 20:27 keltezéssel, Andrew Morton akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx írta: > > > > > The quilt patch titled > > > Subject: memfd: `MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL` should not imply `MFD_ALLOW_SEALING` > > > has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was > > > memfd-mfd_noexec_seal-should-not-imply-mfd_allow_sealing.patch > > > > > > This patch was dropped because it was nacked > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > do I gather it correctly that this is the final decision, and there is not much > > willingness to try to remove this quirk of the `memfd_create()`? As far as I can tell, > > the change was in linux-next for some time, did that uncover any problems? (If so, > > I haven't been notified.) > > > > Anyways, I believe I have laid out my arguments already, so I won't repeat them here, > > and if this is final, then I will stop wasting everyone's time with further emails. :-) > > > We do appear to be stuck. > > Please feel free to pursue this. Reissue the patch with an updated > changelog which addresses the various issues which have been raised > thus far and let's reexamine. Done: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20240630184912.37335-1-pobrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ I believe the commit message now adequately captures my thinking regarding backwards compatibility; additionally I have carried out a smoke test by booting into an Arch Linux system with the patch. Regards, Barnabás Pőcze
