linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] uaccess: add copy_word_from

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:36:41 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] uaccess: add copy_word_from_user

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:02:07 -0800 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > This patch creates a copy_word_from_user function that can copy
> > a space delimited word from user space. This puts the code in
> > a new lib/uaccess.c file. This keeps the code in a single location
> > and may be optimized in the future.
> 
> I have a bit of an issue with the naming... at least *I* read this as 
> copying a machine word, which made me wonder why you didn't just use 
> "get_user".  I would suggest copy_token_from_user or something like that.
> 

Yes, it set me back for a sec.  But anyone who uses the maddeningly
vague concept of a "word" in an interface deserves to get their head
boiled anyway, so there should be no confusion.

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