netdev - Re: [PATCHSET 0/2] Disallow ancillary data from __sys_{recv,send}msg

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Date:   Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:04:50 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 0/2] Disallow ancillary data from
 __sys_{recv,send}msg_file()

On 11/26/19 3:00 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:31:43 -0700
> 
>> io_uring currently uses __sys_sendmsg_file() and __sys_recvmsg_file() to
>> handle sendmsg and recvmsg operations. This generally works fine, but we
>> don't want to allow cmsg type operations, just "normal" data transfers.
>>
>> This small patchset first splits the msghdr copy from the two main
>> helpers in net/socket.c, then changes __sys_sendmsg_file() and
>> __sys_recvmsg_file() to use those helpers. With patch 2, we also add a
>> check to explicitly check for msghdr->msg_control and
>> msghdr->msg_controllen and return -EINVAL if they are set.
> 
> For the series:
> 
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Thanks David, added to the series.

-- 
Jens Axboe