Re: [RFC] situation with csum_and_copy_... API

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 04:17:44PM -0500, David Miller wrote:

quoted

Seeing a "__get_user()" and just being able to glance up in the same
function and seeing the "access_ok()" is just a good safety net. And
means that people don't have to waste time thinking about or looking
for where the hell the security net really is.

Fair enough.

OK, with 3/5 dropped 4/5 get a trivial conflict (removal of function in 4/5
vs. change in it in 3/5).  With that dealt with, the sucker is in
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git for-davem

Shortlog:
Al Viro (4):
      separate kernel- and userland-side msghdr
      {compat_,}verify_iovec(): switch to generic copying of iovecs
      fold verify_iovec() into copy_msghdr_from_user()
      bury skb_copy_to_page()

Diffstat:
 arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c |    4 +--
 include/linux/socket.h            |   17 +++++++---
 include/linux/syscalls.h          |    6 ++--
 include/net/compat.h              |    5 ++-
 include/net/sock.h                |   23 -------------
 net/compat.c                      |   83 +++++++++++++++-------------------------------
 net/core/iovec.c                  |   47 --------------------------
 net/socket.c                      |  140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------------------
 8 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 211 deletions(-)

I'll post more for review after I finally get some sleep - up for bloody 27
hours by now ;-/