Re: [PATCH v10 0/5] Introduce mseal

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Tue May 14 2024 - 17:00:13 EST


Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:35:19 +0000 jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> This patchset proposes a new mseal() syscall for the Linux kernel.
>
> I have not moved this into mm-stable for a 6.10 merge. Mainly because
> of the total lack of Reviewed-by:s and Acked-by:s.
>
> The code appears to be stable enough for a merge.
>
> It's awkward that we're in conference this week, but I ask people to
> give consideration to the desirability of moving mseal() into mainline
> sometime over the next week, please.

I hate to be obnoxious, but I *was* copied ... :)

Not taking a position on merging, but I have to ask: are we convinced at
this point that mseal() isn't a chrome-only system call? Did we ever
see the glibc patches that were promised?

Thanks,

jon