netdev - Re: [PATCH 15/17] switch kernel_sendmsg() and kernel_recvmsg() to iov_iter

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Message-ID: <552E313B.6040302@iogearbox.net>
Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:36:59 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
	'Al Viro' <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/17] switch kernel_sendmsg() and kernel_recvmsg() to
 iov_iter_kvec()

On 04/15/2015 11:08 AM, David Laight wrote:
...
> Apart from any other code that is using the interface.
> I know you guys don't do anything to help out of tree code, but removing the setfs()
> stuff from the kernel_recvmsg() code would break anything using sctp.

Then that might just be one more incentive to work towards upstreaming
your out-of-tree SCTP bits ... ;)
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