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memfd_secret() in 5.14

memfd_secret() in 5.14

Posted Aug 20, 2021 7:14 UTC (Fri) by ncm (guest, #165)
In reply to: memfd_secret() in 5.14 by Cyberax
Parent article: memfd_secret() in 5.14

Far be it from me to agree with Cyberax, he is actually correct here. It is always permissible for an app to die while waking up from hibernation if its state cannot be restored and it cannot cope with that. I do not expect my ssh sessions to survive hibernation, and would expect ssh-agent to forget its keys.

If such an app has some way not to shut down, but to ask for its secrets to be restored instead, and continue, that might be better sometimes. But in no case does a need to clear secrets first mean hibernation must be disabled.


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