Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas

[David Hildenbrand]

On 02.11.20 10:11, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 24.09.20 15:28, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is an implementation of "secret" mappings backed by a file descriptor.
> > I've dropped the boot time reservation patch for now as it is not strictly
> > required for the basic usage and can be easily added later either with or
> > without CMA.
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I'd like to stress again that I'd prefer *any* secretmem allocations
> going via CMA as long as these pages are unmovable. The user can
> allocate a non-significant amount of unmovable allocations only fenced

lol, "non-neglectable" or "significant". Guess I need another coffee :)


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb