Re: [PATCH 4/8] aio: add aio_read_pages and aio_write_pages

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> I question the merits of adding commands to the aio_abi that cannot be
> called from userspace.  However, I don't know how else you would keep
> things consistent.  I guess we live with it.

I didn't like it either.  I can give this some more thought.

> Actually, I didn't see code in the patch to prevent userspace from
> issuing such commands.  Shouldn't we check for that and spit an error?
> It sounds like a security risk if we don't.

See, that's why we keep you around!  Yes, that's one of the things we
have to fix before it can be merged.

- z
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