memfd_secret() in 5.14
memfd_secret() in 5.14
Posted Aug 7, 2021 15:51 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: memfd_secret() in 5.14 by mb
Parent article: memfd_secret() in 5.14
> Users don't use software for the sake of software, but rather to get actual work done.
True. And they would upgrade (or downgrade) to a certain version of OS or disable hibernation if that's needed to do their work.
> So (at least!) give me the choice to enable it, please.
Why? If I understand correctly that feature wasn't designed simply because someone was bored. And the people who developed it want to ensure kernel would never see or access these pages. They most certainly don't want to see that information stored or HDD or SSD, encrypted or not. Or else feature would be useless for them.
Why do you think making feature for some bystander is more important than making it useful for people who developed it in the first place?
> But it's *not* Ok. People will get frustrated by broken software that crashes or doesn't work as expected. (as in: what the user(!) expects)If that's not Ok then why are OSes and applications developed around that paradigm (MacOS and Windows, Android and ChromeOS) are so much more popular than platforms which are “correct from UX perspective” ones?
Think about it. And no answer “they are popular because most users are secret masochists” is wrong.