Re: [RFC][PATCHES] uaccess-related stuff in net/*

From: David Miller
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 22:25:04 EST


From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 01:36:57 +0100

> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 05:02:51PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 05:43:28 +0100
>>
>> > Assorted uaccess-related work in net/*. First, there's
>> > getting rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in MCAST_...
>> > [gs]etsockopt() - no need to play with copying to/from temporary
>> > object on userland stack, etc., when ->compat_[sg]etsockopt()
>> > instances in question can easly do everything without that.
>> > That's the first 13 patches. Then there's a trivial bit in
>> > net/batman-adv (completely unrelated to everything else) and
>> > finally getting the atm compat ioctls into simpler shape.
>> >
>> > Please, review and comment. Individual patches in followups,
>> > the entire branch (on top of current net/master) is in
>> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git #uaccess.net
>>
>> I have no problems with this series:
>>
>> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> OK, rebased on top of current net/master (no conflicts) and pushed out
> to the same branch. Patches (for net-next) in followups

Looks good, pulled into net-next.