linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove 'type' argument from access

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Date:   Fri, 4 Jan 2019 09:54:04 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function

On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 1:28 AM Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org> wrote:
>
> Revert commit 05a4ab823983 ("powerpc/uaccess: fix warning/error with
> access_ok()") to fix the following compilation error:

Gaah. I even *looked* at the powerpc use of 'type', but then when I
was actually going through my manual editing I forgot all about it.

So this wasn't a case of "the powerpc change was recent and clashed".
This was purely a case of "Linus screwed up".

Sorry.

              Linus