linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas

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Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:27:27 -0400
From:   Qian Cai <cai@...hat.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Idan Yaniv <idan.yaniv@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
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        Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
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        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create
 "secret" memory areas

On Wed, 2020-09-16 at 10:35 +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is an implementation of "secret" mappings backed by a file descriptor. 
> I've dropped the boot time reservation patch for now as it is not strictly
> required for the basic usage and can be easily added later either with or
> without CMA.

On powerpc: https://gitlab.com/cailca/linux-mm/-/blob/master/powerpc.config

There is a compiling warning from the today's linux-next:

<stdin>:1532:2: warning: #warning syscall memfd_secret not implemented [-Wcpp]