Messages in this thread | | | From | Marc-André Lureau <> | Date | Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:30:08 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] memfd: add sealing to hugetlb-backed memory |
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Hi Mike
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> wrote: > On 12/20/2017 04:26 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:10:51 +0100 Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> 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@oracle.com> 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@oracle.com >>>> >>>> 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) > > Thanks Andrew, > > As mentioned above there is one issue related to this series that we may > want to address. It is described in the series at: > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171109014109.21077-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com > > I did not get many comments on this series/issue. If we want to do > something like this, now might be a good time.
I am not the best person to say, but I think that series makes a lot of sense (and looks good to me). However, I don't think we need to wait for it to get the sealing support added (furthermore, your rfc series is on top).
Thanks!
-- Marc-André Lureau
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