On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 04:30:03PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 03:28:03PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:

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On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 04:22:28PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

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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 functionality

The 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.

FWIW, vfs.git#for-next is always a merge of independent branches; I don't
put stuff directly into #for-next - too easy to lose that way.

IOW, that would be something like #base.set_fs, included into #for-next
merge set.  And I've no problem with never-rebased branches...

Where in the mainline are the most recent prereqs of this series?