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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:56:24 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: why "probe_kernel_address()", not "probe_user_address()"? it seems odd that the purpose of the "probe_kernel_address()" macro is, in fact, to probe a *user* address (from linux/uaccess.h): #define probe_kernel_address(addr, retval) \ ({ \ long ret; \ \ inc_preempt_count(); \ ret = __get_user(retval, addr); \ dec_preempt_count(); \ ret; \ }) given that that routine is referenced only 5 places in the entire source tree, wouldn't it be more meaningful to use a more appropriate name? pedantically yours, rday - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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