linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] MIPS: uaccess: Remove get_fs/set

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Message-ID: <20210330174943.GB15145@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2021 19:49:43 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] MIPS: uaccess: Remove get_fs/set_fs call sites

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 07:26:59PM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> +#define __get_data(x, ptr, u)						\
> +	(((u) == true) ? __get_udata((x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr))) :	\
> +			__get_kdata((x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr))))
> +

I'm a little worried about exposing this in uaccess.h.  Can you
have local helpers insted, preferably strongly typed for their
specific use cases?