linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] asm-generic: reverse GENERIC_{STRNCPY_FROM,STRNLEN}

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Message-ID: <20210722130339.GI26225@lst.de>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:03:39 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] asm-generic: reverse
 GENERIC_{STRNCPY_FROM,STRNLEN}_USER symbols

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 02:48:14PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Most architectures do not need a custom implementation, and in most
> cases the generic implementation is preferred, so change the polariy
> on these Kconfig symbols to require architectures to select them when
> they provide their own version.
> 
> The new name is CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_{STRNCPY_FROM,STRNLEN}_USER.
> 
> The remaining architectures at the moment are: ia64, mips, parisc,
> s390, um and xtensa. We should probably convert these as well, but
> I was not sure how far to take this series.

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>