linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] mm: simplify compat numa syscalls

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:27:19 +0200
From:   Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
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        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
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        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
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        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] mm: simplify compat numa syscalls

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 04:48:57PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> ---
>  include/linux/compat.h |  17 ++--
>  mm/mempolicy.c         | 175 +++++++++++++----------------------------
>  2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 129 deletions(-)
...
> +static int get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, const unsigned long __user *nmask,
> +		      unsigned long maxnode)
> +{
> +	unsigned long nlongs = BITS_TO_LONGS(maxnode);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (in_compat_syscall())
> +		ret = compat_get_bitmap(mask,
> +					(const compat_ulong_t __user *)nmask,
> +					maxnode);

compat_ptr() conversion for e.g. nmask is missing with the next patch
which removes the compat system calls.
Is that intended or am I missing something?