Re: [PATCH] memfd_secret: use unsigned int rather than long as syscall flags type

From: Yury Norov
Date: Wed Mar 31 2021 - 17:53:26 EST


On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 05:23:45PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Yuri Norov says:
>
> If parameter size is the same for native and compat ABIs, we may
> wire a syscall made by compat client to native handler. This is
> true for unsigned int, but not true for unsigned long or pointer.
>
> That's why I suggest using unsigned int and so avoid creating compat
> entry point.
>
> Use unsigned int as the type of the flags parameter in memfd_secret()
> system call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>