RE: Buggy commit tracked to: "Re: [PATCH 2/9] iov_iter: move rw_copy_check_uvector() into lib/iov_iter.c"

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From: Nick Desaulniers
> Sent: 22 October 2020 20:05
> 
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> Passing an `unsigned long` as an `unsigned int` does no such
> narrowing: https://godbolt.org/z/TvfMxe (same vice-versa, just tail
> calls, no masking instructions).

Right but is the called function going to use 32bit ops
and/or mask the register?
Certainly that is likely on x86-64.

I've rather lost track of where the masking is expected
to happen.

	David

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