Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 06/12] diglim: Interfaces - digest_list_add, digest_list_del | From | Mimi Zohar <> | Date | Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:03:13 -0400 |
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Hi Roberto,
On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:16 +0000, Roberto Sassu wrote: > > From: Mimi Zohar [mailto:zohar@linux.ibm.com] > > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2021 2:40 PM
> > "critical data", in this context, should probably be used for verifying > > the in memory file digests and other state information haven't been > > compromised. > > Actually, this is what we are doing currently. To keep the > implementation simple, once the file or the buffer are uploaded > to the kernel, they will not be modified, just accessed through > the indexes.
My main concern about digest lists is their integrity, from loading the digest lists to their being stored in memory. A while back, there was some work on defining a write once memory allocator. I don't recall whatever happened to it. This would be a perfect usecase for that memory allocator.
thanks,
Mimi
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