Re: [PATCH v16 06/11] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Thu Feb 04 2021 - 06:37:28 EST


On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:15:58PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 21-01-21 14:27:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > +static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
> > +{
> > + struct file *file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > + struct secretmem_ctx *ctx;
> > + struct inode *inode;
> > +
> > + inode = alloc_anon_inode(secretmem_mnt->mnt_sb);
> > + if (IS_ERR(inode))
> > + return ERR_CAST(inode);
> > +
> > + ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!ctx)
> > + goto err_free_inode;
> > +
> > + file = alloc_file_pseudo(inode, secretmem_mnt, "secretmem",
> > + O_RDWR, &secretmem_fops);
> > + if (IS_ERR(file))
> > + goto err_free_ctx;
> > +
> > + mapping_set_unevictable(inode->i_mapping);
>
> Btw. you need also mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER) because
> the default is GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE and you do not support migration so
> no pages from movable zones should be allowed.

Ok.

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.