Re: [PATCH net-next v2 08/10] crypto: af_alg: Support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES

[Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 2023-06-01 at 12:35 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > > +	if ((msg->msg_flags & MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) &&
> > > +	    !iov_iter_is_bvec(&msg->msg_iter))
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > ...
> > It looks like the above expect/supports only ITER_BVEC iterators, what
> > about adding a WARN_ON_ONCE(<other iov type>)?
> 
> Meh.  I relaxed that requirement as I'm now using tools to extract stuff from
> any iterator (extract_iter_to_sg() in this case) rather than walking the
> bvec[] directly.  I forgot to remove the check from af_alg.  I can add an
> extra patch to remove it.  Also, it probably doesn't matter for AF_ALG since
> that's only likely to be called from userspace, either directly (which will
> not set MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) or via splice (which will pass a BVEC).  Internal
> kernel code will use crypto API directly.

Thank you for the clarification, I got lost a bit. The patch LGTM as
is.

> 
> > Also, I'm keeping this series a bit more in pw to allow Herbert or
> > others to have a look.

@Herbert, the series LGTM, I think we should apply it. If you have any
concerns, please voice them soon!

Thanks,

Paolo