linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/11] x86/fault: Rename no_context() to kernelmode_fixup_or

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Message-ID: <20210203202542.GM13819@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 21:25:42 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] x86/fault: Rename no_context() to
 kernelmode_fixup_or_oops()

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 12:14:24PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Hmm.  I'm not convinced this is really much better.  Maybe it is.  Let
> me think about it.  I feel like it's somehow too close to the previous
> tangle where too many functions did too many different things.

I know what you mean.

Well, we can put it aside for now since you'll likely do more cleanup
here and it might become unnecessary after you're done. :-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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