linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user

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Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:43:18 -0300
From:	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>
To:	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Daniel Stone <daniels@...labora.com>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
	Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
	John Harrison <John.C.Harrison@...el.com>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr()

2016-03-17 Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>:

> 2016-03-17 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
> 
> > On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 14:30 -0300, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> > > This function had copies in 3 different files. Unify them in
> > > kernel.h.
> > 
> > This is only used by gpu/drm.
> > 
> > I think this is a poor name for a generic function
> > that would be in kernel.h.
> > 
> > Isn't there an include file in linux/drm that's
> > appropriate for this.  Maybe drmP.h
> > 
> > Maybe prefix this function name with drm_ too.
> 
> No, the next patch adds a user to drivers/staging (which will be moved
> to drivers/dma-buf) soon. Maybe move to a different header in
> include/linux/? not sure which one.
> 
> > Also, there's this that might conflict:
> > 
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c:#define to_user_ptr(p)          ptr_to_compat(p)
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c:#define to_user_ptr(p)          ((unsigned long)(p))
> 
> Right, I'll figure out how to replace these two too.

The powerpc to_user_ptr has a different meaning from the one I'm adding
in this patch. I propose we just rename powerpc's to_user_ptr to
__to_user_ptr and leave the rest as is.

	Gustavo