linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: Make syscalls' helpers naming consistent

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Date:   Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:18:25 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     André Almeida <andrealmeid@...labora.com>
Cc:     corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: Make syscalls' helpers naming consistent

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 10:45:46PM -0300, André Almeida wrote:
> The documentation explains the need to create internal syscalls' helpers,
> and that they should be called `kern_xyzzy()`. However, the comment at
> include/linux/syscall.h says that they should be named as
> `ksys_xyzzy()`, and so are all the helpers declared bellow it. Change the
> documentation to reflect this.
> 
> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
> Fixes: 819671ff849b ("syscalls: define and explain goal to not call syscalls in the kernel")
> Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@...labora.com>

Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>

Thanks,
	Dominik