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Message-ID: <20171130065835.dbw4ajh5q5whikhf@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:58:35 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_SAFE

On Wed 29-11-17 14:25:36, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:42 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
> > The first patch introduced MAP_FIXED_SAFE which enforces the given
> > address but unlike MAP_FIXED it fails with ENOMEM if the given range
> > conflicts with an existing one. The flag is introduced as a completely
> 
> I still think this name should be better. "SAFE" doesn't say what it's
> safe from...

It is safe in a sense it doesn't perform any address space dangerous
operations. mmap is _inherently_ about the address space so the context
should be kind of clear.

> MAP_FIXED_UNIQUE
> MAP_FIXED_ONCE
> MAP_FIXED_FRESH

Well, I can open a poll for the best name, but none of those you are
proposing sound much better to me. Yeah, naming sucks...
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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