linux-kernel - Re: RFC: named anonymous vmas

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Date:	Fri, 2 Aug 2013 08:11:41 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...gle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, libc-alpha@...rceware.org
Subject: Re: RFC: named anonymous vmas

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 04:36:08AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> I'm not sure what the purpose is. shm_open with a long random filename
> and O_EXCL|O_CREAT, followed immediately by shm_unlink, is just as
> good except in the case where you have a malicious user killing the
> process in between these two operations.

The Android people already have an shm API doesn't leave traces in the
filesystem, and I at least conceptually agree that having an API that
doesn't introduce posisble other access is a good idea.  This is the
same reason why the O_TMPFILE API was added in this releases.

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