linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 01/18] xfs: compat_ioctl: use compat

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Message-ID: <20190815102649.GA10821@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 03:26:49 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
        Allison Collins <allison.henderson@...cle.com>,
        Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>,
        Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
        Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/18] xfs: compat_ioctl: use compat_ptr()

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 01:02:11AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> In many ways I'd actually much rather have a table driven approach.
> Let me try something..

Ok, it seems like we don't even need a table containing native and
compat as we can just fall back.  The tables still seem nicer to read,
though.

Let me know what you think of this:

http://git.infradead.org/users/hch/xfs.git/shortlog/refs/heads/xfs-ioctl-table

I also wonder if we should life the ioctl handler tables to the
VFS..