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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:18:38 -0500 From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>, Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>, Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>, Gary Lin <GLin@...e.com>, Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@...hat.com>, LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/15] umh: Separate the user mode driver and the user mode helper support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 1:05 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote: >> >> This makes it clear which code is part of the core user mode >> helper support and which code is needed to implement user mode >> drivers. >> >> kernel/umd.c | 146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> kernel/umh.c | 139 ------------------------------------- > > I certainly don't object to the split, but I hate the name. > > We have uml, umd and umh for user mode {linux, drivers, helper} > respectively.And honestly, I don't see the point in using an obscure > and unreadable TLA for something like this. > > I really don't think it would hurt to write out even the full name > with "usermode_driver.c" or something like that, would it? > > Then "umd" could be continued to be used as a prefix for the helper > functions, by all means, but if we startv renaming files, can we do it > properly? I will take care of it. I have to respin the patchset for a silly bug anyways. Eric
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