From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/20] tomoyo_write_control(): get rid of pointless access_ok()
Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 10:04:16 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <db18b423-22b5-585b-db91-45f2251bae66@i-love.sakura.ne.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wgqyW2ow6yO+yz_0v4aKd162Lwtr24c5nKjZRG-2vW8PA@mail.gmail.com>
On 2020/05/10 9:57, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 5:51 PM Tetsuo Handa
> <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
>>
>> I think that this access_ok() check helps reducing partial writes (either
>> "whole amount was processed" or "not processed at all" unless -ENOMEM).
>
> No it doesn't.
>
> "access_ok()" only checks the range being a valid user address range.
>
I see. Thank you.
Acked-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-10 1:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-09 23:41 [PATCHES] uaccess simple access_ok() removals Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 01/20] dlmfs_file_write(): get rid of pointless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 02/20] fat_dir_ioctl(): hadn't needed that access_ok() for more than a decade Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 03/20] btrfs_ioctl_send(): don't bother with access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 04/20] FIEMAP: " Al Viro
2020-05-10 7:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 19:02 ` Al Viro
2020-05-13 19:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-29 15:01 ` Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 05/20] tomoyo_write_control(): get rid of pointless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-10 0:50 ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-05-10 0:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-10 1:04 ` Tetsuo Handa [this message]
2020-05-10 3:01 ` Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 06/20] n_hdlc_tty_read(): remove " Al Viro
2020-05-15 10:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 07/20] nvram: drop useless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-15 10:54 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 08/20] cm4000_cs.c cmm_ioctl(): get rid of pointless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 09/20] drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-pr.c: " Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 10/20] drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-dma-region.c: " Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 11/20] amifb: get rid of pointless access_ok() calls Al Viro
2020-05-14 13:45 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2020-05-14 14:07 ` Al Viro
2020-05-14 14:25 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2020-05-14 17:41 ` Al Viro
2020-05-14 20:21 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 12/20] omapfb: " Al Viro
2020-05-14 13:39 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 13/20] drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c: get rid of pointless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 14/20] via-pmu: don't bother with access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 15/20] drm_read(): get rid of pointless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 16/20] efi_test: " Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 17/20] lpfc_debugfs: " Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 18/20] usb: get rid of pointless access_ok() calls Al Viro
2020-05-15 10:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 19/20] hfi1: get rid of pointless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-09 23:45 ` [PATCH 4/4] vmci_host: " Al Viro
2020-05-15 10:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-05-10 0:34 ` [PATCHES] uaccess simple access_ok() removals Linus Torvalds
2020-05-10 3:27 ` Al Viro
2020-05-10 14:34 ` David Laight
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