Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] exec: unify native/compat code

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Sun Mar 06 2011 - 07:04:22 EST


> On 03/03, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> I _personally_ don't like "conditional". Its name is based on code logic.
> > >> It's unclear what mean "conditional". From data strucuture view, It is
> > >> "opaque userland pointer".
> > >
> > > I agree with any naming, just suggest a better name ;)
> >
> > Maybe just "struct user_arg_ptr" or something?
>
> OK, nothing else was suggessted, I assume Kosaki agrees.

Sure. :)

And, I happily reported this series run successfully my testsuite.
Could you please add my tested-by tag?

thanks.


>
> So rename conditional_ptr to user_arg_ptr.
>
> Also rename get_user_ptr() to get_user_arg_ptr(). It was suggested to
> use the same "user_arg_ptr" for this helper too, but this is not
> grep-friendly. As for get_ in the name... Well, I can redo again ;)
> But this matches get_user() and this is all what this helper does.
>
> Otherwise unchanged.
>
> Oleg.
>



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