[PATCH 0/6] File Sealing & memfd_create()

2014-03-20 Thread ty...@mit.edu
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 08:06:45PM +0100, David Herrmann wrote: > > This series introduces the concept of "file sealing". Sealing a file restricts > the set of allowed operations on the file in question. Multiple seals are > defined and each seal will cause a different set of operations to return

[PATCH 0/6] File Sealing & memfd_create()

2014-03-20 Thread ty...@mit.edu
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 04:48:30PM +0100, David Herrmann wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:32 PM, wrote: > > Why not make sealing an attribute of the "struct file", and enforce it > > at the VFS layer? That way all file system objects would have access > > to sealing interface, and for memfd_sh