linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] tools/testing/selftests/x86: fix error: conflicting types for 'pkey_get|pkey

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Message-ID: <20180514093015.GA27428@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 11:30:15 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo.kernel.org@...il.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:     Li Zhijian <lizhijian@...fujitsu.com>, shuah@...nel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, pombredanne@...b.com,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, luto@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, philip.li@...el.com,
        leist.fnst@...fujitsu.com, zhijianx.li@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tools/testing/selftests/x86: fix error: conflicting
 types for 'pkey_get|pkey_set'


* Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com> wrote:

> On 05/08/2018 02:14 AM, Li Zhijian wrote:
> > -u32 pkey_get(int pkey, unsigned long flags)
> > +u32 _pkey_get(int pkey, unsigned long flags)
> >  {
> >  	u32 mask = (PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS|PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE);
> >  	u32 pkru = __rdpkru();
> > @@ -422,7 +426,7 @@ u32 pkey_get(int pkey, unsigned long flags)
> >  	return masked_pkru;
> >  }
> 
> I'm not a huge fan of random underscores for undocumented reasons.  But,
> oh well.
> 
> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>

So I saw these too late, fixed them already, and did it slightly differently:
I used a hw_*() prefix which I think is cleaner and more obvious than underscores.

Thanks,

	Ingo