linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] powerpc: Rename probe_kernel_read

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Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:53:37 +0530
From:   "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, jniethe5@...il.com
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] powerpc: Rename probe_kernel_read_inst()

Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu> writes:

> When probe_kernel_read_inst() was created, it was to mimic
> probe_kernel_read() function.
>
> Since then, probe_kernel_read() has been renamed
> copy_from_kernel_nofault().
>
> Rename probe_kernel_read_inst() into copy_from_kernel_nofault_inst().

At first glance I read it as copy from kernel nofault instruction.
How about copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault()? 


-aneesh