From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Laight Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:38:23 +0000 Subject: RE: get rid of the address_space override in setsockopt Message-Id: <60c52e31e9f240718fcda0dd5c2faeca@AcuMS.aculab.com> List-Id: References: <20200720124737.118617-1-hch@lst.de> In-Reply-To: <20200720124737.118617-1-hch@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: 'Christoph Hellwig' , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , Alexei Starovoitov , Daniel Borkmann , Alexey Kuznetsov , Hideaki YOSHIFUJI , Eric Dumazet Cc: "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "bpf@vger.kernel.org" , "netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org" , "coreteam@netfilter.org" , "linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-hams@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" , "bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org" , "linux-can@vger.kernel.org" , "dccp@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-decnet-user@lists.sourceforge.net" , "linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-s390@vger.kernel.org" , "mptcp@lists.01.org" , "lvs-devel@vger.kernel.org" , "rds-devel@oss.oracle.com" , "linux-afs@lists.infradead.org" , "tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net" , "linux-x25@vger.kernel.org" From: Christoph Hellwig > Sent: 20 July 2020 13:47 > > setsockopt is the last place in architecture-independ code that still > uses set_fs to force the uaccess routines to operate on kernel pointers. > > This series adds a new sockptr_t type that can contained either a kernel > or user pointer, and which has accessors that do the right thing, and > then uses it for setsockopt, starting by refactoring some low-level > helpers and moving them over to it before finally doing the main > setsockopt method. Are you planning to make the equivalent change to getsockopt()? Having mismatched interfaces would be very strange. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)