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

[Andrew Morton]

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)