linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: add MAP_EXCLUSIVE to create exclusive user mappings

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Date:   Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:01:53 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: add MAP_EXCLUSIVE to create exclusive user
 mappings

On 10/30/19 10:58 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Modules also require privilege.

IMNHO, if BPF is fracturing large swaths the direct map with no
privilege, it's only a matter of time until it starts to cause problems.
 The fact that we do it today is only evidence that we have a ticking
time bomb, not that it's OK.