linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][bpf] don't bother with getname/kern_path

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Message-ID: <16c6b94e-81cb-0b93-d1a5-db72768b0048@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:32:53 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][bpf] don't bother with getname/kern_path - use
 user_path_at

On 1/21/20 12:28 AM, Al Viro wrote:
> 	kernel/bpf/inode.c misuses kern_path...() - it's much simpler
> (and more efficient, on top of that) to use user_path...() counterparts
> rather than bothering with doing getname() manually.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

Looks good, applied, thanks!