linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] compat: Get rid of (get|put)_compat

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Date:	Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:19:49 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
	Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>,
	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] compat: Get rid of (get|put)_compat_time(val|spec)

On 02/02/2014 11:08 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 7:03 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> Clean it up by favoring the full-service version; the limited version
>> is replaced with double-underscore versions static to kernel/compat.c.
> 
> Ack. Make it so. I assume you've tested this on x32 (and hopefully
> x86-32 on a 64-bit kernel), and that I will get this through the x86
> git trees?
> 

Testing?  ;)

Nothing has been tested so far, but I definitely will before pushing it
to you, and yes, will send it through the tip tree.

	-hpa


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