From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02E95C43331 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2019 01:00:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B271721D6C for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2019 01:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="T0b/+HM0" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B271721D6C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-foundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 4BD996B0005; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 20:00:26 -0500 (EST) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 46D1B6B0006; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 20:00:26 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 382C86B0007; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 20:00:26 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0041.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.41]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FEF16B0005 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 20:00:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtpin01.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay01.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id E7667180AD81F for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2019 01:00:25 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 76131304410.01.shape88_78215dd0c3a38 X-HE-Tag: shape88_78215dd0c3a38 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2171 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by imf22.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2019 01:00:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (c-73-231-172-41.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [73.231.172.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C35602178F; Fri, 8 Nov 2019 01:00:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1573174824; bh=jRakB92CDtqhebD1jrBrh1EUmgiQvq5dv4RO4lG0uak=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=T0b/+HM0RC9jlc/Xq50EtnaAkPrOya0KFpSixIVIYUh/F1621mTGaIvUiYRMaVaHq p7TbDiSV4dyCQTF4eaYDrdu+eLPXk06EZF6uGhOHGqB6B2gmTZk+crUjzrP5Ugpe8W FpDssw4Hr4zEx7BBp21XV7vK+1ysSHLc94iSChSQ= Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 17:00:23 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Nicolas Geoffray , kernel-team@android.com, Hugh Dickins , linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Shuah Khan Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] memfd: Fix COW issue on MAP_PRIVATE and F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE mappings Message-Id: <20191107170023.0695732bb67eb80acd4caee5@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20191107195355.80608-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> References: <20191107195355.80608-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 14:53:54 -0500 "Joel Fernandes (Google)" wrote: > F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE has unexpected behavior when used with MAP_PRIVATE: > A private mapping created after the memfd file that gets sealed with > F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE loses the copy-on-write at fork behavior, meaning > children and parent share the same memory, even though the mapping is > private. That sounds fairly serious. Should this be backported into -stable kernels?