Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] cachestat: implement cachestat syscall

From: Brian Foster
Date: Mon Dec 12 2022 - 08:23:37 EST


On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 11:51:32PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 09:51:39AM -0800, Nhat Pham wrote:
>
> > + if (!access_ok(cstat, sizeof(struct cachestat)))
> > + return -EFAULT;
>
> What for? You are using copy_to_user() later, right?
>
> > + f = fdget(fd);
> > + if (f.file) {
>
> It would be easier to read if you inverted the condition here.
>

Seconded.. I mentioned the same the last time I looked at this. On
looking again, perhaps it might even make sense to create a
filemap_cachestat() to split up the syscall bits from the associated map
walking bits..? That subsequently raises the question of whether a new
.c file is really necessary..

Brian