Re: [PATCH 1/2] compat_ioctl: don't look up the fd twice

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On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 11:33:53AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Jan 5, 2016 9:27 AM, "Jann Horn" <jann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This change mitigates potential security issues by
> > preventing a race that permits invocation of
> > unlocked_ioctl handlers under KERNEL_DS through compat
> > code even if a corresponding compat_ioctl handler exists.
> 
> Yeah, these two patches are much more legible now. Thanks.
> 
> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Al, I'm assuming I'll get these through the vfs tree during the 4.5 merge
> window. Correct?

I'll need to finish reviewing, but yes, that's 4.5 vfs.git fodder.
So far it looks sane...
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