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

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Message-ID: <874kirfqsb.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:48:20 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     André Almeida <andrealmeid@...labora.com>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        André Almeida 
        <andrealmeid@...labora.com>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: Make syscalls' helpers naming consistent

André Almeida <andrealmeid@...labora.com> writes:

> 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>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

I've applied both patches thanks (also did s/syscall.h/syscalls.h in the
above changelog).

jon