Re: [PATCH 00/11] sockets: Attempt to drain the abstract socket swamp

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 29/10/20 14:38, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> In my opinion, the Linux-specific abstract UNIX domain socket feature
> introduced in 5.1 should have been rejected.  The feature is niche,
> the interface clumsy, the implementation buggy and incomplete, and the
> test coverage insufficient.  Review fail.
> 
> Fixing the parts we can still fix now is regrettably expensive.  If I
> had the power to decide, I'd unceremoniously revert the feature,
> compatibility to 5.1 be damned.  But I don't, so here we go.
> 
> I'm not sure this set of fixes is complete.  However, I already spent
> too much time on this, so out it goes.  Lightly tested.
> 
> Regardless, I *will* make time for ripping the feature out if we
> decide to do that.  Quick & easy way to avoid reviewing this series
> *hint* *hint*.

Apart from the nits pointed out in patch 7 (commit message) and 8 (code),

Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

Thanks, and don't forget to fix the hole that your head has left in the
wall.

Paolo