linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] eventfs: Have the inodes all for files and directories all be the same

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:03:18 -0800
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] eventfs: Have the inodes all for files and
 directories all be the same

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 02:02:28PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 13:59, Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> >          though I don't think
> > leaking raw kernel pointers is an awesome idea.
> 
> Yeah, I wasn't all that comfortable even with trying to hash it
> (because I think the number of source bits is small enough that even
> with a crypto hash, it's trivially brute-forceable).
> 
> See
> 
>    https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240122152748.46897388@gandalf.local.home/
> 
> for the current patch under discussion (and it contains a link _to_
> said discussion).

Ah, cool, thank you!

--D

>            Linus