linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/11] iov_iter: handle the compat case in import

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Date:   Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:20:02 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] iov_iter: handle the compat case in import_iovec

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 04:34:29PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Use in compat_syscall to import either native or the compat iovecs, and
> remove the now superflous compat_import_iovec, which removes the need for
> special compat logic in most callers.  Only io_uring needs special
> treatment given that it can call import_iovec from kernel threads acting
> on behalf of native or compat syscalls.  Expose the low-level
> __import_iovec helper and use it in io_uring to explicitly pick a iovec
> layout.

fs/aio.c part is not obvious...  Might be better to use __import_iovec()
there as well and leave the rest of aio.c changes to followup.

> --- a/lib/iov_iter.c
> +++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
> @@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ static int compat_copy_iovecs_from_user(struct iovec *iov,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static ssize_t __import_iovec(int type, const struct iovec __user *uvector,
> +ssize_t __import_iovec(int type, const struct iovec __user *uvector,
>  		unsigned nr_segs, unsigned fast_segs, struct iovec **iovp,
>  		struct iov_iter *i, bool compat)
>  {

Don't make it static in the first place, perhaps?