linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM-S390: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its implementation

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:05:32 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Bornträger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM-S390: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating
 its implementation

On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:08:49 +0200
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:41:43 +0200
> 
> * Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping
>   duplicate source code.
> 
>   This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> * Return directly if this copy operation failed.

Looks sane, but please take a bit of care about the subject: It's a bit
long, and the prefix should be "KVM: s390:".

> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c | 13 +++----------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

if Christian wants to apply this (unless I beat him to it).