On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 09:33:10AM -0600, Louis Langholtz wrote: > memcpy_from_msg() and memcpy_to_msg() functions previously called > memcpy_fromiovec() and memcpy_toiovec() functions respectively. The > memcpy_fromiovec() and memcpy_toiovec() functions took a length parameter > of type int. memcpy_from_msg() and memcpy_to_msg() now call > copy_from_iter() and copy_to_iter() functions respectively which take a length > parameter of type size_t. Most code calling the memcpy_from_msg() and > memcpy_to_msg() functions currently pass a length value of type size_t. > This patch updates the memcpy_from_msg() and memcpy_to_msg() functions > concordantly to take the length parameter of type size_t. This also avoids a > potential > for data narrowing.
iov_iter for sendmsg or recvmsg *can't* have more than 2Gb of data; if it ever does, it's a serious bug. IOW, NAK - that's pointless. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
