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

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:07:21 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@...xistor.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Luis Rodriguez <mcgrof@...e.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] arch, x86: cache management apis for persistent memory

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Boaz Harrosh <boaz@...xistor.com> wrote:
> 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.

Ok, makes sense.
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