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Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 18:12:50 +0100 From: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [git pull] uaccess-related bits of vfs.git On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 06:00:56PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > > But I don't see the excuse for not just doing it. If nobody notices, > > it's an obvious improvement. And if somebody *does* notice, we know > > how to do it properly with unsafe_xyz_user(), because "__xyz_user()" > > most definitely isn't it. > > I think we ought to actually look through those places - there are few > enough of them (outside of arch/, that is) and stac/clac overhead is > not the only problem they tend to have. PS: just to make it clear - I do _not_ propose to keep that shit around indefinitely; I want __get_user()/__put_user() gone by the end of that work.
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