Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] socket: Allow external sockets to use socket syscalls

From: Alex Gartrell <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:59:33 -0500

Hello Al,

On 12/26/14 2:56 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:50:23PM -0800, Alex Gartrell wrote:
>> Currently the "is-socket" test for a file compares the ops table pointer,
>> which is static and local to the socket.c.  Instead, this adds a flag for
>> private_data_is_socket.  This is an exceptionally long commit message for a
>> two-line patch.
>
> NAK.  Don't crap into struct file, please.
>

I don't disagree with your sentiment here.  Is the additional f_op 
approach less gross or do you have something else in mind?

Thanks,
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Alex Gartrell <[email-masked]>