linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCHES] drivers/scsi/sg.c uaccess cleanups/fixes

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Message-ID: <20191105052554.GT26530@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 05:25:54 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCHES] drivers/scsi/sg.c uaccess cleanups/fixes

On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 11:54:20PM -0500, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> 
> Hi Al!
> 
> > I've got a series that presumably fixes and cleans the things up
> > in that area; it didn't get any serious testing (the kernel builds
> > and boots, smartctl works as well as it used to, but that's not
> > worth much - all it says is that SG_IO doesn't fail terribly;
> > I don't have any test setup for really working with /dev/sg*).
> 
> I tested this last week without noticing any problems.
> 
> What's your plan for this series? Want me to queue it up for 5.5?

I can put it into vfs.git into a never-rebased branch or you could put it
into scsi tree - up to you...