linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Convert filldir[64]() from __put_user() to unsafe_put

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi3P2NvBNocyNFTAb-G08P0ASVihMVKmiw__oNU4V2M5g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 7 Oct 2019 12:08:52 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Convert filldir[64]() from __put_user() to unsafe_put_user()

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 11:36 AM Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Late to this party ,,, but my ia64 console today is full of:

Hmm? I thought ia64 did unaligneds ok.

But regardless, this is my current (as yet untested) patch.  This is
not the big user access cleanup that I hope Al will do, this is just a
"ok, x86 is the only one who wants a special unsafe_copy_to_user()
right now" patch.

                Linus

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