linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] use do_mount() instead of ksys

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:11:10 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] use do_mount() instead of ksys_mount()

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:59 AM Dominik Brodowski
<linux@...inikbrodowski.net> wrote:
>
> This small series replaces all in-kernel calls to the
> userspace-focused wrapper ksys_mount() with calls to
> the kernel-centric do_mount().

If you fix the pointless cast I pointed out, and put it in a git
branch, I'll pull it.

In fact, just do both series in the same branch, they do conceptually
the same thing, after all.

             Linus