linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v11 3/4] x86, mce: Add __mcsafe

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Message-ID: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F39FDE1CD@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:59:17 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v11 3/4] x86, mce: Add __mcsafe_copy()

> > > I think the whole notion of mcsafe here is 'wrong'. This copy variant simply 
> > > reports the kind of trap that happened (#PF or #MC) and could arguably be 
> > > extended to include more types if the hardware were to generate more.
> > 
> > What would a better name be? memcpy_ret() or so?
>
> Yeah, uhmm.. naming. More options from the lack of inspiration department:
>
>   memcpy_trap()
>   memcpy_ex()

I like "memcpy_trap" - thanks Peter.  I'll redo this part with all the other fixes
suggested by Ingo.

-Tony