linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] socket: Allow external sockets to use socket syscalls

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Message-ID: <20141226195650.GF22149@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 26 Dec 2014 19:56:50 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Alex Gartrell <agartrell@...com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] socket: Allow external sockets to use
 socket syscalls

On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:50:23PM -0800, Alex Gartrell wrote:
> Currently the "is-socket" test for a file compares the ops table pointer,
> which is static and local to the socket.c.  Instead, this adds a flag for
> private_data_is_socket.  This is an exceptionally long commit message for a
> two-line patch.

NAK.  Don't crap into struct file, please.
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