Re: [nacked] memfd-mfd_noexec_seal-should-not-imply-mfd_allow_sealing.patch removed from -mm tree

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2024. június 30., vasárnap 20:53 keltezéssel, Barnabás Pőcze <pobrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> írta:

> 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.
> [...]

Hi Andrew,

what do you think?


Regards,
Barnabás Pőcze





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