netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCHES] uaccess-related stuff in net/*

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Message-Id: <20200511.170251.223893682017560321.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 17:02:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCHES] uaccess-related stuff in net/*

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 05:43:28 +0100

> 	Assorted uaccess-related work in net/*.  First, there's
> getting rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in MCAST_...
> [gs]etsockopt() - no need to play with copying to/from temporary
> object on userland stack, etc., when ->compat_[sg]etsockopt()
> instances in question can easly do everything without that.
> That's the first 13 patches.  Then there's a trivial bit in
> net/batman-adv (completely unrelated to everything else) and
> finally getting the atm compat ioctls into simpler shape.
> 
> 	Please, review and comment.  Individual patches in followups,
> the entire branch (on top of current net/master) is in
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git #uaccess.net

I have no problems with this series:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>