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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:30:07 +0000 From: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] situation with csum_and_copy_... API On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 04:17:44PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > > Seeing a "__get_user()" and just being able to glance up in the same > > function and seeing the "access_ok()" is just a good safety net. And > > means that people don't have to waste time thinking about or looking > > for where the hell the security net really is. > > Fair enough. OK, with 3/5 dropped 4/5 get a trivial conflict (removal of function in 4/5 vs. change in it in 3/5). With that dealt with, the sucker is in git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git for-davem Shortlog: Al Viro (4): separate kernel- and userland-side msghdr {compat_,}verify_iovec(): switch to generic copying of iovecs fold verify_iovec() into copy_msghdr_from_user() bury skb_copy_to_page() Diffstat: arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c | 4 +-- include/linux/socket.h | 17 +++++++--- include/linux/syscalls.h | 6 ++-- include/net/compat.h | 5 ++- include/net/sock.h | 23 ------------- net/compat.c | 83 +++++++++++++++------------------------------- net/core/iovec.c | 47 -------------------------- net/socket.c | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------- 8 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 211 deletions(-) I'll post more for review after I finally get some sleep - up for bloody 27 hours by now ;-/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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