linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: context_tracking: use extern function instead of static inline function for user

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Message-ID: <1382526910.5283.5.camel@pippen.local.home>
Date:	Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:15:10 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, khilman@...aro.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: context_tracking: use extern function instead
 of static inline function for user_enter/exit()

On Wed, 2013-10-23 at 19:01 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:

> > void arch_user_enter(void)
> > {
> > 	user_enter();
> > }
> > 
> 
> OK, thanks. That sounds reasonable to me. I will send related patch to
> arm guys. :-)

If you do so, don't call it "arch_user_enter()", maybe call it
"asm_user_enter()", as "arch_*" is something used to be called by the
generic code.  My mistake in using that as an example.

-- Steve


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