linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] remove ksys_mount() and ksys

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Date:   Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:50:46 -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: [GIT PULL] remove ksys_mount() and ksys_dup()

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:14 AM Dominik Brodowski
<linux@...inikbrodowski.net> wrote:
>
>       the fifth parameter (void *data)
> is either NULL or refers to a full page (only occurence
> in init/do_mounts.c::do_mount_root()).

We probably should aim for the fifth parameter being a "buf, len" pair
at some point.

Then the system call interface still needs to copy the whole page and
pass in PAGE_SIZE as the length, but it would be a better model than
the magical fixed "it's always one page". And the kernel init sequence
wouldn't need that silly temporary page any more.

                 Linus