netdev - Re: [RFC-resend 1/2] x86/compat: Adjust in_compat_syscall() to generic code under !COMPAT

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Date:   Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:57:50 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:     Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Andy Lutomirsky <luto@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC-resend 1/2] x86/compat: Adjust in_compat_syscall() to generic code under !COMPAT



> On Oct 12, 2018, at 6:42 AM, Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com> wrote:
> 
> The result of in_compat_syscall() can be pictured as:
> 
> x86 platform:
>    ---------------------------------------------------
>    |  Arch\syscall  |  64-bit  |   ia32   |   x32    |
>    |-------------------------------------------------|
>    |     x86_64     |  false   |   true   |   true   |
>    |-------------------------------------------------|
>    |      i686      |          |  <true>  |          |
>    ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> Other platforms:
>    -------------------------------------------
>    |  Arch\syscall  |  64-bit  |   compat    |
>    |-----------------------------------------|
>    |     64-bit     |  false   |    true     |
>    |-----------------------------------------|
>    |    32-bit(?)   |          |   <false>   |
>    -------------------------------------------
> 
> 

Yikes. This is probably even my fault!

Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

And, if you want:

Apologized-for-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>