linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] [v2] asm-generic: uaccess: remove inline strncpy_from_user/strnlen

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Message-ID: <20210517062018.GC23581@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 08:20:18 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Brian Cain <bcain@...eaurora.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] [v2] asm-generic: uaccess: remove inline
 strncpy_from_user/strnlen_user

On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 12:18:02PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Consolidate the asm-generic implementation with the library version
> that is used everywhere else.
> 
> These are the three versions for NOMMU kernels,

I don't get the three versions part?

> +	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
> +	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER

Given that most architetures select the generic version I wonder
if it might be worth to add another patch to invert the logic so
that architectures with their own implementation need to sekect a symbol.

> +extern long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
> +extern long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n);

No need for the extern here.