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Message-ID: <20200903142803.GM1236603@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 15:28:03 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, x86@...nel.org,
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: remove the last set_fs() in common code, and remove it for x86
and powerpc v3
On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 04:22:28PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Besides x86 and powerpc I plan to eventually convert all other
> architectures, although this will be a slow process, starting with the
> easier ones once the infrastructure is merged. The process to convert
> architectures is roughtly:
>
> (1) ensure there is no set_fs(KERNEL_DS) left in arch specific code
> (2) implement __get_kernel_nofault and __put_kernel_nofault
> (3) remove the arch specific address limitation functionality
The one to really watch out for is sparc; I have something in that
direction, will resurrect as soon as I'm done with eventpoll analysis...
I can live with this series; do you want that in vfs.git#for-next?
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