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Re: get rid of the address_space override in setsockopt

To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: get rid of the address_space override in setsockopt
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Network Development <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, bpf <bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netfilter-devel <netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-sctp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "moderated list:ETHERNET BRIDGE" <bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-can@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dccp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-decnet-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-wpan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-s390 <linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, mptcp@xxxxxxxxxxxx, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rds-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tipc-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-x25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:09:41 -0700
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 12:56 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 01:47:56PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > > a kernel pointer.  This is something that works for most common sockopts
> > > (and is something that the ePBF support relies on), but unfortunately
> > > in various corner cases we either don't use the passed in length, or in
> > > one case actually copy data back from setsockopt, so we unfortunately
> > > can't just always do the copy in the highlevel code, which would have
> > > been much nicer.
> >
> > could you rebase on bpf-next tree and we can route it this way then?
> > we'll also test the whole thing before applying.
>
> The bpf-next tree is missing all my previous setsockopt cleanups, so
> there series won't apply.

Right. I've realized that after sending that email two days ago.
Now bpf-next->net-next PR is pending and as soon as it's merged
bpf-next will have all the recent bits.

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