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

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Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:09:33 -0800
From:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.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

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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().

Sounds nice.
I haven't thought about the name. I could not catch wrong meaning from
_STRICT. My English skill isn't good.

thanks,
Hiroshi Shimamoto

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