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

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Date:   Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:44:51 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
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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 2:50 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> 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.
>
> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
> Cc: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-um@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

>  arch/m68k/Kconfig                 |  2 --

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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