Re: stop using ->read and ->write for kernel access v3
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Jul 07 2020 - 16:24:22 EST
On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 10:48 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Al and Linus (and Stephen, see below),
>
> as part of removing set_fs entirely (for which I have a working
> prototype), we need to stop calling ->read and ->write with kernel
> pointers under set_fs.
I'd be willing to pick up patches 1-6 as trivial and obvious cleanups
right now, if you sent those to me as a pull request. That would at
least focus the remaining series a bit on the actual changes..
Linus