linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] mseal, system mappings: kernel config and header change

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:22:46 -0800
From: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...omium.org>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] mseal, system mappings: kernel config and header change

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM Liam R. Howlett
<Liam.Howlett@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> * Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org> [250224 13:55]:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 10:52:13AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > On 2/24/25 10:44, Jeff Xu wrote:
> > > > For example:
> > > > Consider the case below in src/third_party/kernel/v6.6/fs/proc/task_mmu.c,
> > > >
> > > > #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> > > > [ilog2(VM_SEALED)] = "sl",
> > > > #endif
> > > >
> > > > Redefining VM_SEALED  to VM_NONE for 32 bit won't detect the problem
> > > > in case that  "#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT" line is missing.
> > > >
> > > > Please note, this has been like this since the first version of
> > > > mseal() RFC patch, and I prefer to keep it this way.
> > >
> > > That logic is reasonable. But it's different from the _vast_ majority of
> > > other flags.
> > >
> > > So what justifies VM_SEALED being so different? It's leading to pretty
> > > objectively ugly code in this series.
> >
> > Note that VM_SEALED is the "is this VMA sealed?" bit itself. The define
> > for "should we perform system mapping sealing?" is intentionally separate
> > here, so that it can be Kconfig and per-arch toggled, etc.
> >
>
> Considering Dave is the second person that did not find the huge commit
> message helpful, can we please limit the commit message to be about the
> actual code and not the entire series?
>
> I thought we said that it was worth while making this change in v5?
>
I include the cover letter's content in the first commit message to
clearly communicate the purpose of the entire patch series, saving
maintainers' time when accepting the patch.

Should I still include that, and add what the first patch does, and
separate it from the cover letter with  "----"? What do you think?

-Jeff



> Thanks,
> Liam