linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v10 0/5] Introduce mseal

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Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 08:19:59 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/5] Introduce mseal

On Thu, 23 May 2024 at 16:54, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> The testing and implementation review seem OK.  But from a higher-level
> perspective Linus doesn't seem to be on board(?).

Oh, I'm fine with mseal.

I wasn't fine with the insane "m*() system calls should be atomic"
discussion where Theo was just making shit up. I honestly don't think
mseal() needs it either.

               Linus