On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 03:28:03PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 04:22:28PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > Besides x86 and powerpc I plan to eventually convert all other > > architectures, although this will be a slow process, starting with the > > easier ones once the infrastructure is merged. The process to convert > > architectures is roughtly: > > > > (1) ensure there is no set_fs(KERNEL_DS) left in arch specific code > > (2) implement __get_kernel_nofault and __put_kernel_nofault > > (3) remove the arch specific address limitation functionality > > The one to really watch out for is sparc; I have something in that > direction, will resurrect as soon as I'm done with eventpoll analysis... > > I can live with this series; do you want that in vfs.git#for-next? Either that or a separate tree is fine with me. It would be good to eventually have a non-rebased stable tree so that other arch trees can work from it, though.
