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From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
To: Matteo Rizzo <matteorizzo@google.com>
Cc: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>,
	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	io-uring@vger.kernel.org, jordyzomer@google.com, evn@google.com,
	poprdi@google.com, corbet@lwn.net, axboe@kernel.dk,
	asml.silence@gmail.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	keescook@chromium.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, chenhuacai@kernel.org,
	steve@sk2.org, gpiccoli@igalia.com, ldufour@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add a new sysctl to disable io_uring system-wide
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:59:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x497crnefwj.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHKB1w+UyOnC_rOBABVhmzG+XeePaWYgPJWxX9NUeqnAi9WcgA@mail.gmail.com> (Matteo Rizzo's message of "Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:12:42 +0200")

Matteo Rizzo <matteorizzo@google.com> writes:

> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 at 13:44, Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> Have you considered that the new sysctl is "sticky like kexec_load_disabled.
>> When the user disables it there is no way to turn it back on until the
>> system is rebooted.
>
> Are you suggesting making this sysctl sticky? Are there any examples of how to
> implement a sticky sysctl that can take more than 2 values in case we want to
> add an intermediate level that still allows privileged processes to use
> io_uring? Also, what would be the use case? Preventing privileged processes
> from re-enabling io_uring?

See unprivileged_bpf_disabled for an example.  I can't speak to the use
case for a sticky value.

-Jeff


  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-28 15:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-27 12:00 [PATCH 0/1] Add a " Matteo Rizzo
2023-06-27 12:00 ` [PATCH 1/1] Add a new " Matteo Rizzo
2023-06-27 16:23   ` Randy Dunlap
2023-06-27 17:10   ` Bart Van Assche
2023-06-27 18:15     ` Matteo Rizzo
2023-06-28 11:36       ` Ricardo Ribalda
2023-06-28 15:12         ` Matteo Rizzo
2023-06-28 15:59           ` Jeff Moyer [this message]
2023-06-28 15:59           ` Ricardo Ribalda
2023-06-28 13:50   ` Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
2023-06-28 15:59     ` Jeff Moyer

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