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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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-sctp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-sctp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-can@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-can@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "dccp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dccp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-decnet-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-decnet-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-wpan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-wpan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "mptcp@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <mptcp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "rds-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rds-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tipc-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tipc-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-x25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-x25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:21:21 +0000
From: 'Christoph Hellwig'
> Sent: 22 July 2020 09:07
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 09:38:23AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > From: Christoph Hellwig
> > > Sent: 20 July 2020 13:47
> > >
> > > setsockopt is the last place in architecture-independ code that still
> > > uses set_fs to force the uaccess routines to operate on kernel pointers.
> > >
> > > This series adds a new sockptr_t type that can contained either a kernel
> > > or user pointer, and which has accessors that do the right thing, and
> > > then uses it for setsockopt, starting by refactoring some low-level
> > > helpers and moving them over to it before finally doing the main
> > > setsockopt method.
> >
> > Are you planning to make the equivalent change to getsockopt()?
> 
> No.  Only setsockopt can be fed kernel addresses from bpf-cgroup.
> There is no point in complicating the read side interface when it
> doesn't have that problem.

You realise that one of the SCTP getsockopt() is actually a command!
It is one of the requests that changes state and should probably
have been a separate system call.

        David

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