linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: make __access_remote

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Message-ID: <428d07a6-bdc6-c12b-1b7e-e271bd841ff5@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Oct 2023 12:59:24 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: make __access_remote_vm() static

On 01.10.23 18:00, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> access_remote_vm() passes through parameters to __access_remote_vm()
> directly, so remove the __access_remote_vm() function from mm.h aand use
> access_remote_vm() in the one caller that needs it (ptrace_access_vm()).
> 

Wondering why we even still have __access_remote_vm() in the first 
place, if it really should just be access_remote_vm() directly.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb