Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: add MAP_EXCLUSIVE to create exclusive user mappings

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Wed Oct 30 2019 - 14:01:56 EST


On 10/30/19 10:58 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Modules also require privilege.

IMNHO, if BPF is fracturing large swaths the direct map with no
privilege, it's only a matter of time until it starts to cause problems.
The fact that we do it today is only evidence that we have a ticking
time bomb, not that it's OK.