linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/14] x86: use more conventional access

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Message-ID: <YgqLFYqIqkIsNC92@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:02:13 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/14] x86: use more conventional access_ok() definition

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 05:34:42PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> +#define __range_not_ok(addr, size, limit)	(!__access_ok(addr, size))
> +#define __chk_range_not_ok(addr, size, limit)	(!__access_ok((void __user *)addr, size))

Can we just kill these off insted of letting themm obsfucate the code?