linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] uprobes: rename vma_address() and make it return "unsigned long"

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:30:18 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] uprobes: rename vma_address() and make it return
 "unsigned long"

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> [2012-07-12 19:10:22]:

> 1. vma_address() returns loff_t, this looks confusing and this is
>    unnecessary after the previous change. Make it return "ulong",
>    all callers truncate the result anyway.
> 
> 2. Its name conflicts with mm/rmap.c:vma_address(), rename it to
>    offset_to_vaddr(), this matches vaddr_to_offset().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

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