linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] iommufd: Add IOMMU_GET_HW

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 13:43:33 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
Cc:     joro@...tes.org, alex.williamson@...hat.com, kevin.tian@...el.com,
        robin.murphy@....com, baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com, cohuck@...hat.com,
        eric.auger@...hat.com, nicolinc@...dia.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com, chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com,
        yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com, peterx@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com, lulu@...hat.com,
        suravee.suthikulpanit@....com, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        zhenzhong.duan@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] iommufd: Add IOMMU_GET_HW_INFO

On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 08:35:09AM -0700, Yi Liu wrote:
> +static int iommufd_zero_fill_user(void __user *ptr, size_t bytes)
> +{
> +	int index = 0;
> +
> +	for (; index < bytes; index++) {
> +		if (put_user(0, (uint8_t __user *)(ptr + index)))
> +			return -EFAULT;
> +	}

I've recently learned this routine is spelled 'clear_user()'

Jason