linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] x86: ia32_signal: introduce COPY_SEG

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Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:52:14 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] x86: ia32_signal: introduce COPY_SEG_STRICT

Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> 
> Impact: cleanup
> 
> Introduce COPY_SEG_STRICT for ia32_restore_sigcontext().
> 

I don't like the name _STRICT() for this; if anything it seems to have 
quite the opposite meaning.  I would suggest COPY_SEG_USER() or even 
COPY_SEG_CPL3().

	-hpa
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