On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 05:46:43PM +0800, Yongji Xie wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 5:08 PM Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 01:37:11PM +0800, Xie Yongji wrote: > > > Export __receive_fd() so that some modules can use > > > it to pass file descriptor between processes. > > > > I really don't think any non-core code should do that, especilly not > > modular mere driver code. > > Do you see any issue? Now I think we're able to do that with the help > of get_unused_fd_flags() and fd_install() in modules. But we may miss > some security stuff in this way. So I try to export __receive_fd() and > use it instead.
The real problem is now what helper to use, but rather that random drivers should not just mess with the FD table like that. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
