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From: Alex Gartrell <agartrell@fb.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	<netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	<kernel-team@fb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] socket: Allow external sockets to use socket syscalls
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:59:33 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <549DBE25.3040302@fb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141226195650.GF22149@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

Hello Al,

On 12/26/14 2:56 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:50:23PM -0800, Alex Gartrell wrote:
>> Currently the "is-socket" test for a file compares the ops table pointer,
>> which is static and local to the socket.c.  Instead, this adds a flag for
>> private_data_is_socket.  This is an exceptionally long commit message for a
>> two-line patch.
>
> NAK.  Don't crap into struct file, please.
>

I don't disagree with your sentiment here.  Is the additional f_op 
approach less gross or do you have something else in mind?

Thanks,
-- 
Alex Gartrell <agartrell@fb.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-26 20:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-26  6:50 [PATCH net-next 0/2] tun: support socket system calls Alex Gartrell
2014-12-26  6:50 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] socket: Allow external sockets to use socket syscalls Alex Gartrell
2014-12-26  9:45   ` Jason Wang
2014-12-26 19:26     ` Alex Gartrell
2014-12-26 19:56   ` Al Viro
2014-12-26 19:59     ` Alex Gartrell [this message]
2014-12-26  6:50 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] tun: enable socket system calls Alex Gartrell
2014-12-26  9:43   ` Jason Wang
2014-12-26 19:16     ` Alex Gartrell

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