linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] io_uring: Initial support for {s,g}etsockopt commands

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Message-ID: <20230905154951.0d0d3962@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:49:51 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc:     sdf@...gle.com, axboe@...nel.dk, asml.silence@...il.com,
        willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com, martin.lau@...ux.dev,
        krisman@...e.de, bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, io-uring@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] io_uring: Initial support for {s,g}etsockopt
 commands

On Mon,  4 Sep 2023 09:24:53 -0700 Breno Leitao wrote:
> Patches 1-2: Modify the BPF hooks to support sockptr_t, so, these functions
> become flexible enough to accept user or kernel pointers for optval/optlen.

Have you seen:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgGV61xrG=gO0=dXH64o2TDWWrXn1mx-CX885JZ7h84Og@mail.gmail.com/

? I wasn't aware that Linus felt this way, now I wonder if having
sockptr_t spread will raise any red flags as this code flows back
to him.