linux-kernel - [PATCH -manpage 1/2] fcntl.2: Update manpage with new memfd F_SEAL_FUTURE

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Message-Id: <20181120052545.76560-1-joel@joelfernandes.org>
Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:25:44 -0800
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-man@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH -manpage 1/2] fcntl.2: Update manpage with new memfd F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE seal

More details of the seal can be found in the LKML patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181120052137.74317-1-joel@joelfernandes.org/T/#t

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 man2/fcntl.2 | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index 03533d65b49d..54772f94964c 100644
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2
@@ -1525,6 +1525,21 @@ Furthermore, if there are any asynchronous I/O operations
 .RB ( io_submit (2))
 pending on the file,
 all outstanding writes will be discarded.
+.TP
+.BR F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE
+If this seal is set, the contents of the file can be modified only from
+existing writeable mappings that were created prior to the seal being set.
+Any attempt to create a new writeable mapping on the memfd via
+.BR mmap (2)
+will fail with
+.BR EPERM.
+Also any attempts to write to the memfd via
+.BR write (2)
+will fail with
+.BR EPERM.
+This is useful in situations where existing writable mapped regions need to be
+kept intact while preventing any future writes. For example, to share a
+read-only memory buffer to other processes that only the sender can write to.
 .\"
 .SS File read/write hints
 Write lifetime hints can be used to inform the kernel about the relative
-- 
2.19.1.1215.g8438c0b245-goog