linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/14] autofs: switch to kernel

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Date:   Thu, 14 May 2020 16:25:36 +0800
From:   Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] autofs: switch to kernel_write

On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 08:56 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> While pipes don't really need sb_writers projection, __kernel_write
> is an
> interface better kept private, and the additional rw_verify_area does
> not
> hurt here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Right, should be fine AFAICS.
Acked-by: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>

> ---
>  fs/autofs/waitq.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/autofs/waitq.c b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
> index b04c528b19d34..74c886f7c51cb 100644
> --- a/fs/autofs/waitq.c
> +++ b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int autofs_write(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex);
>  	while (bytes) {
> -		wr = __kernel_write(file, data, bytes, &file->f_pos);
> +		wr = kernel_write(file, data, bytes, &file->f_pos);
>  		if (wr <= 0)
>  			break;
>  		data += wr;