linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] arch, x86: cache management apis for persistent memory

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Message-ID: <556C4593.5090600@plexistor.com>
Date:	Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:44:19 +0300
From:	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@...xistor.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, arnd@...db.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
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	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stefan.bader@...onical.com, luto@...capital.net,
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	geert@...ux-m68k.org, hmh@....eng.br, tj@...nel.org, hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] arch, x86: cache management apis for persistent
 memory

Forgot one thing

On 06/01/2015 02:39 PM, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> +static inline void persistent_copy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)

Could we please make this
memcpy_persistent

Same as:
copy_from_user_nocache

The generic name of what it does first then the special override.
copy_from_user_XXX is same as copy_from_user but with XXX applied

Same here exactly as memcpy_ but with persistent applied.

<>

Thanks
Boaz

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