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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 1/4] ipc: Remove extra1 field abuse to pass ipc namespace
Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org> writes:

> Eric Biederman pointed out that using .extra1 to pass ipc namespace
> looks like an ugly hack and there is a better solution.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87czib9g38.fsf@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org/
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
> ---
> ipc/ipc_sysctl.c | 26 ++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
> index 15210ac47e9e..eb7ba8e0a355 100644
> @@ -55,20 +50,15 @@ static int proc_ipc_auto_msgmni(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> static int proc_ipc_sem_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> {
> - struct ipc_namespace *ns = table->extra1;
> - struct ctl_table ipc_table;
> + struct ipc_namespace *ns =
> + container_of(table->data, struct ipc_namespace, sem_ctls);
> int ret, semmni;
>
> - memcpy(&ipc_table, table, sizeof(ipc_table));
> -
> - ipc_table.extra1 = NULL;
> - ipc_table.extra2 = NULL;
> -
> semmni = ns->sem_ctls[3];
> ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
>
> if (!ret)
> - ret = sem_check_semmni(current->nsproxy->ipc_ns);
> + ret = sem_check_semmni(ns);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Can you break this one line change into a separate patch?

It is a bug fix so that the entire function uses the same
ns value. I expect the change would read easier if the
change was separate.

>
> /*
> * Reset the semmni value if an error happens.

Eric

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