Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: move .getsockopt away from __user buffers

From: Stanislav Fomichev <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 10:02:36 -0700

On 04/08, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Currently, the .getsockopt callback requires __user pointers:
> 
>   int (*getsockopt)(struct socket *sock, int level,
>                     int optname, char __user *optval, int __user *optlen);
> 
> This prevents kernel callers (io_uring, BPF) from using getsockopt on
> levels other than SOL_SOCKET, since they pass kernel pointers.
> 
> Following Linus' suggestion [0], this series introduces sockopt_t, a
> type-safe wrapper around iov_iter, and a getsockopt_iter callback that
> works with both user and kernel buffers. AF_PACKET and CAN raw are
> converted as initial users, with selftests covering the trickiest
> conversion patterns.
> 
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whmzrO-BMU=uSVXbuoLi-3tJsO=[email-masked]/
> 
> Updates from v2 to v3:
> 
> * Use two iov in sockopt_t instead of a single one:
>   a) .iter_in that is populated by the caller and will be read-only in
>   the protocols callback.
> 
>   b) .iter_out will be populated by the protocol and it will be sent
>   back to the caller.
> 
>   - This will avoid changing the protocol reset and changing the data
>     source at the callback, making the driver callback implementation
>     and converstion saner.
> 
> * created sockptr_to_sockopt() to convert sockptr to sockopt, making the
>   call to getsockopt_iter straight-forward
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whmzrO-BMU=uSVXbuoLi-3tJsO=[email-masked]/ [0]
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Create Two iov in sockopt_t instead of a single one (Stanislav Fomichev)
> - Implement the sockptr_to_sockopt() helper (Stanislav Fomichev)
> - Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/[email-masked]
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Restore optlen even on error path (getsockopt_iter fails)
> - Move af_packet.c and can instead of netlink (given these are the most
>   complicate ones).
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/[email-masked]

LGTM! Not sure what's your plan for the selftest? You wanna keep it
outside or maybe repost v4 with it?

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <[email-masked]>

I'm also not sure your unconditional 'copy-optlen-back' will work for every
proto, but I think we can put something into sockopt_t to make it avoid
the copy if needed in the future.