linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/fpu/xstate: Rename validate_xstate_header() to validate_xstate_header_from

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Date:   Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:13:16 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/fpu/xstate: Rename validate_xstate_header()
 to validate_xstate_header_from_user()

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:18:40PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> 
> The function validate_xstate_header() validates an xstate header coming
> from userspace (PTRACE or sigreturn).  To make it clear, rename it to
> validate_xstate_header_from_user().

Or simply:

validate_user_xstate_header()

Also, make that patch the first in your series.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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