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    SubjectRe: stop using ->read and ->write for kernel access v3
    On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 01:24:01PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 10:48 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
    > >
    > > Hi Al and Linus (and Stephen, see below),
    > >
    > > as part of removing set_fs entirely (for which I have a working
    > > prototype), we need to stop calling ->read and ->write with kernel
    > > pointers under set_fs.
    >
    > I'd be willing to pick up patches 1-6 as trivial and obvious cleanups
    > right now, if you sent those to me as a pull request. That would at
    > least focus the remaining series a bit on the actual changes..

    If we do that we should do 1-7 and 9-12 to include the read side as
    well. But yes, maybe that way we'll get started.

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