On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 03:38:30PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > -static const char __user *get_user_arg_ptr(struct user_arg_ptr argv, int nr) > +static const char __user * > +get_user_arg_ptr(const char __user *const __user *argv, int nr) > { > - const char __user *native; > - > -#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT > - if (unlikely(argv.is_compat)) { > + if (in_compat_syscall()) { > + const compat_uptr_t __user *compat_argv = > + compat_ptr((unsigned long)argv); > compat_uptr_t compat; > > - if (get_user(compat, argv.ptr.compat + nr)) > + if (get_user(compat, compat_argv + nr)) > return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT); > - > return compat_ptr(compat); > - } > -#endif > - > - if (get_user(native, argv.ptr.native + nr)) > - return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT); > + } else { > + const char __user *native; > > - return native; > + if (get_user(native, argv + nr)) > + return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT); > + return native; > + } > } Yecchhh.... So you have in_compat_syscall() called again and again, for each argument in the list? I agree that current version is fucking ugly, but I really hate that approach ;-/