linux-kernel - Re: [patch V3 07/12] uaccess: Provide scoped masked user access regions

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:06:38 -1000
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [patch V3 07/12] uaccess: Provide scoped masked user access regions

On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 at 04:30, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 20 2025 at 19:28, David Laight wrote:
> >
> > (I don't like the word 'masked' at all, not sure where it came from.
>
> It's what Linus named it and I did not think about the name much so far.

The original implementation was a mask application, so it made sense
at the time.

We could still change it since there aren't that many users, but I'm
not sure what would be a better name...

                   Linus