netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: add __sys_socket

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Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:59:10 +0100 (BST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: add __sys_socket_file()

From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:22:39 -0600

> This works like __sys_socket(), except instead of allocating and
> returning a socket fd, it just returns the file associated with the
> socket. No fd is installed into the process file table.
> 
> This is similar to do_accept(), and allows io_uring to use this without
> instantiating a file descriptor in the process file table.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

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