linux-kernel - Re: clean up address limit helpers

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Message-ID: <20200714070955.GB776@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:09:55 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Nick Hu <nickhu@...estech.com>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Vincent Chen <deanbo422@...il.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: clean up address limit helpers

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 08:25:35AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:57 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> >
> > in preparation for eventually phasing out direct use of set_fs(), this
> > series removes the segment_eq() arch helper that is only used to
> > implement or duplicate the uaccess_kernel() API, and then adds
> > descriptive helpers to force the kernel address limit.
> 
> Ack. All the patches looked like no-ops to me, but with better naming
> and clarity.

Is that a formal Acked-by?