Re: remove the last set_fs() in common code, and remove it for x86 and powerpc v3
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: 2020-09-03 14:30:18
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: 2020-09-03 14:30:18
Also in:
linux-arch, linux-fsdevel, lkml
On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 03:28:03PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 04:22:28PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:quoted
Besides x86 and powerpc I plan to eventually convert all other architectures, although this will be a slow process, starting with the easier ones once the infrastructure is merged. The process to convert architectures is roughtly: (1) ensure there is no set_fs(KERNEL_DS) left in arch specific code (2) implement __get_kernel_nofault and __put_kernel_nofault (3) remove the arch specific address limitation functionalityThe one to really watch out for is sparc; I have something in that direction, will resurrect as soon as I'm done with eventpoll analysis... I can live with this series; do you want that in vfs.git#for-next?
Either that or a separate tree is fine with me. It would be good to eventually have a non-rebased stable tree so that other arch trees can work from it, though.