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| From | Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() |
| Date | 2016-03-17 22:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <rdNEu-4pc-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <rdMS7-3KT-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <rdN1M-3RB-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <rdNbs-3W1-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <rdNuN-4lS-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <rdNuO-4lS-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> wrote:
> 2016-03-17 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>:
>
>> On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 16:50 -0400, Rob Clark wrote:
>> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>> []
>> > > It's a name that seems like it should be a straightforward
>> > > cast of a kernel pointer to a __user pointer like:
>> > >
>> > > static inline void __user *to_user_ptr(void *p)
>> > > {
>> > > return (void __user *)p;
>> > > }
>> > ahh, ok. I guess I was used to using it in the context of ioctl
>> > structs.. in that context u64 -> (void __user *) made more sense.
>> >
>> > Maybe uapi_to_ptr()? (ok, not super-creative.. maybe someone has a
>> > better idea)
>>
>> Maybe u64_to_user_ptr?
>
> That is a good name. If everyone agrees I can resend this patch
> changing it to u64_to_user_ptr. Then should we still keep it on
> kernel.h?
works for me
BR,
-R
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[PATCH v9 1/3] staging/android: remove redundant comments on sync_merge_data Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> - 2016-03-17 18:40 +0100
[PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> - 2016-03-17 18:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-17 18:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk> - 2016-03-17 19:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> - 2016-03-17 19:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-17 21:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 21:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-17 21:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 22:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-17 22:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> - 2016-03-17 22:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 22:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-17 22:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> - 2016-03-17 23:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr() Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-03-18 09:30 +0100
[PATCH v9 3/3] staging/android: refactor SYNC IOCTLs Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> - 2016-03-17 18:40 +0100
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