Re: [PATCH] fscrypto: move ioctl processing more fully into common code

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 02:22:07PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> 
> Hmm, are you sure the change is worth it?
> The patch basically moves a copy_from/to_user() from ext4/f2fs into fscrypto.
> 

Hi Richard,

In my opinion consolidating the copy_from/to_user() is worthwhile by itself.
The filesystem encryption code should be shared when possible, and right now
there's no reason for each filesystem to do its own copy_from/to_user().

The renaming to fscrypt_ioctl_* is also important because it makes it clear that
the functions implement ioctls.  I've already fixed four bugs in the "set
policy" ioctl, and I think these bugs would have been more obvious with a
clearer code organization.

Eric
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