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SubjectRe: [PATCH -manpage 2/2] memfd_create.2: Update manpage with new memfd F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE seal
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Hello Joel,

On 3/14/19 10:48 PM, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> More details of the seal can be found in the LKML patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181120052137.74317-1-joel@joelfernandes.org/T/#t
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>

Thanks! Patch applied

Cheers,

Michael



> ---
> man2/memfd_create.2 | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/memfd_create.2 b/man2/memfd_create.2
> index 15b1362f5525..3b7f032407ed 100644
> --- a/man2/memfd_create.2
> +++ b/man2/memfd_create.2
> @@ -280,7 +280,15 @@ in order to restrict further modifications on the file.
> (If placing the seal
> .BR F_SEAL_WRITE ,
> then it will be necessary to first unmap the shared writable mapping
> -created in the previous step.)
> +created in the previous step. Otherwise, behavior similar to
> +.BR F_SEAL_WRITE
> +can be achieved, by using
> +.BR F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE
> +which will prevent future writes via
> +.BR mmap (2)
> +and
> +.BR write (2)
> +from succeeding, while keeping existing shared writable mappings).
> .IP 4.
> A second process obtains a file descriptor for the
> .BR tmpfs (5)
> @@ -425,6 +433,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
> fprintf(stderr, "\et\etg \- F_SEAL_GROW\en");
> fprintf(stderr, "\et\ets \- F_SEAL_SHRINK\en");
> fprintf(stderr, "\et\etw \- F_SEAL_WRITE\en");
> + fprintf(stderr, "\et\etW \- F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE\en");
> fprintf(stderr, "\et\etS \- F_SEAL_SEAL\en");
> exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> }
> @@ -463,6 +472,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
> seals |= F_SEAL_SHRINK;
> if (strchr(seals_arg, \(aqw\(aq) != NULL)
> seals |= F_SEAL_WRITE;
> + if (strchr(seals_arg, \(aqW\(aq) != NULL)
> + seals |= F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE;
> if (strchr(seals_arg, \(aqS\(aq) != NULL)
> seals |= F_SEAL_SEAL;
>
> @@ -518,6 +529,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
> printf(" GROW");
> if (seals & F_SEAL_WRITE)
> printf(" WRITE");
> + if (seals & F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE)
> + printf(" FUTURE_WRITE");
> if (seals & F_SEAL_SHRINK)
> printf(" SHRINK");
> printf("\en");
>


--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/

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