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Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Rename copyin_to_xsaves()/copyout_from_xsaves() to copy_user_to_xstate()/copy_xstate_to_user()

From Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Rename copyin_to_xsaves()/copyout_from_xsaves() to copy_user_to_xstate()/copy_xstate_to_user()
Date 2017-01-26 11:30 +0100
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > 1)
> > 
> > the 'copyin/copyout' nomenclature needlessly departs from what the modern FPU code 
> > uses, which is:
> 
> The patch below implements this first step. Untested.

I sent out the other cleanups as well, in:

  [PATCH 00/14] x86/fpu: Clean up ptrace copying functions

which includes the first fix, and if it all works, could be used as a base for the 
second fix as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo

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[PATCH 0/2] x86/fpu: copyout_from_xsaves & copyin_to_xsaves fixes riel@redhat.com - 2017-01-26 03:10 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] x86/fpu: copy MXCSR & MXCSR_FLAGS with SSE/YMM state riel@redhat.com - 2017-01-26 03:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/fpu: copy MXCSR & MXCSR_FLAGS with SSE/YMM state Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-01-26 09:20 +0100
      [PATCH] x86/fpu: Rename copyin_to_xsaves()/copyout_from_xsaves() to  copy_user_to_xstate()/copy_xstate_to_user() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-01-26 09:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Rename copyin_to_xsaves()/copyout_from_xsaves()  to copy_user_to_xstate()/copy_xstate_to_user() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-01-26 11:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/fpu: copy MXCSR & MXCSR_FLAGS with SSE/YMM state Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2017-01-26 16:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/fpu: copy MXCSR & MXCSR_FLAGS with SSE/YMM state Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2017-01-30 18:40 +0100

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