On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 6:03 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Unless Linus changed his mind just patching the file you care about for
> now seems like the best idea.
I'm ok with expanding splice() use, but I do want it to be on a
case-by-case basis and with comments about what actually used splice()
in the odd circumstances.
Our splice infrastructure is probably a lot safer than it used to be
now that set_fs() is gone, but splice() on odd files does remain
historically a source of not just bugs, but bugs that were security
issues.
So it's mainly a "once bitten, twice shy" thing for me, which is why
I'm more than happy to extend splice(), but want to do so in a very
careful and controlled - and documented - manner, rather than the old
situation where "pretty much everything can do splice, whether it
actually works or not".
Linus
