Re: [PATCH 07/27] asm-generic: add minimal cache description

From: Michal Simek
Date: Fri May 01 2009 - 08:52:37 EST


Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 01 May 2009, Michal Simek wrote:
>>> +#define copy_to_user_page(vma, page, vaddr, dst, src, len) \
>>> + memcpy(dst, src, len)
>>> +#define copy_from_user_page(vma, page, vaddr, dst, src, len) \
>>> + memcpy(dst, src, len)
>>
>> IMHO these two macros will generate cast errors.
>
> I did not see errors here, can you clarify? Note that despite the name,
> they don't take a __user pointer. Maybe they should be inline functions
> to make that more obvious.

you are right here with __user.
x86 use it as inline function.

Michal

>
> Arnd <><


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