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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 04:20:20PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:35:34 +0300 Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> It seems early days for this, especially as regards reviewer buyin.
> But I'll toss it in there to get it some additional testing.

Thanks!

> A test suite in tools/testging/selftests/ would be helpful, especially
> for arch maintainers.

I'll look into it.

> I assume that user-facing manpage alterations are planned?

Of course.

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

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