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From:   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] kernel: add a PF_FORCE_COMPAT flag
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On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 03:44:06PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 02:40:12PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > >  	/* Vector 0x110 is LINUX_32BIT_SYSCALL_TRAP */
> > > -	return pt_regs_trap_type(current_pt_regs()) == 0x110;
> > > +	return pt_regs_trap_type(current_pt_regs()) == 0x110 ||
> > > +		(current->flags & PF_FORCE_COMPAT);
> > 
> > Can't say I like that approach ;-/  Reasoning about the behaviour is much
> > harder when it's controlled like that - witness set_fs() shite...
> 
> I don't particularly like it either.  But do you have a better idea
> how to deal with io_uring vs compat tasks?

<wry> git rm fs/io_uring.c would make a good starting point </wry>
Yes, I know it's not going to happen, but one can dream...

Said that, why not provide a variant that would take an explicit
"is it compat" argument and use it there?  And have the normal
one pass in_compat_syscall() to that...