linux-kernel - Re: clean up address limit helpers v2

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 08:06:18 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...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>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: clean up address limit helpers v2

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 04:49:24PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:54:59 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> >  - drop to incorrect hunks
> >  - fix a commit log typo
> 
> I think this *is* v1.  I can't find any differences in the patches and I
> was unable to eyeball any changelog alterations?

No, this actuall is v2.

"[PATCH 5/6] uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers" dropped
two incorrect hunks in the m68k and sh arch code, and lost and "er"
in the commit log.