Re: [PATCH 3/6] binfmt_elf: remove the set_fs(KERNEL_DS) in elf_core_dump

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:02:38PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:03:09PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > There is no logic in elf_core_dump itself that uses uaccess routines
> > on kernel pointers, the file writes are nicely encapsulated in dump_emit
> > which does its own set_fs.
> 
> ... assuming you've checked the asm/elf.h to see that nobody is playing
> silly buggers in these forests of macros and the stuff called from those.
> Which is a feat that ought to be mentioned in commit message...

None of the calls should go into asm/elf.h headers, but some go to
various out of line arch callouts.  And I did look through those - spufs
was the only funky one.