Re: [PATCH 3/9] iov_iter: refactor rw_copy_check_uvector and import_iovec

2020-09-23 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 02:38:24PM +, David Laight wrote: > From: Al Viro > > Sent: 23 September 2020 15:17 > > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 08:05:41AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > +struct iovec *iovec_from_user(const struct iovec __user *uvec, > > > + unsigned long nr_seg

Re: [PATCH 3/9] iov_iter: refactor rw_copy_check_uvector and import_iovec

2020-09-23 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 03:16:54PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 08:05:41AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > +struct iovec *iovec_from_user(const struct iovec __user *uvec, > > + unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs, > > Hmm... For fast_segs unsigned lo

RE: [PATCH 3/9] iov_iter: refactor rw_copy_check_uvector and import_iovec

2020-09-23 Thread David Laight
From: Al Viro > Sent: 23 September 2020 15:17 > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 08:05:41AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > +struct iovec *iovec_from_user(const struct iovec __user *uvec, > > + unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs, > > Hmm... For fast_segs unsigned long had a

Re: [PATCH 3/9] iov_iter: refactor rw_copy_check_uvector and import_iovec

2020-09-23 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 08:05:41AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > +struct iovec *iovec_from_user(const struct iovec __user *uvec, > + unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs, Hmm... For fast_segs unsigned long had always been ridiculous (4G struct iovec on caller stack fram