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    Merge branch 'work.set_fs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs · f56e65df
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull initial set_fs() removal from Al Viro:
     "Christoph's set_fs base series + fixups"
    
    * 'work.set_fs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
      fs: Allow a NULL pos pointer to __kernel_read
      fs: Allow a NULL pos pointer to __kernel_write
      powerpc: remove address space overrides using set_fs()
      powerpc: use non-set_fs based maccess routines
      x86: remove address space overrides using set_fs()
      x86: make TASK_SIZE_MAX usable from assembly code
      x86: move PAGE_OFFSET, TASK_SIZE & friends to page_{32,64}_types.h
      lkdtm: remove set_fs-based tests
      test_bitmap: remove user bitmap tests
      uaccess: add infrastructure for kernel builds with set_fs()
      fs: don't allow splice read/write without explicit ops
      fs: don't allow kernel reads and writes without iter ops
      sysctl: Convert to iter interfaces
      proc: add a read_iter method to proc proc_ops
      proc: cleanup the compat vs no compat file ops
      proc: remove a level of indentation in proc_get_inode
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