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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 2/7] x86/arch_prctl/64: Rename do_arch_prctl to
 do_arch_prctl_64
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 08:27:23 +0100
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* Kyle Huey <me@kylehuey.com> wrote:

> In order to introduce new arch_prctls that are not 64 bit only, rename the
> existing 64 bit implementation to do_arch_prctl_64(). Also rename the second
> argument to arch_prctl(), which will no longer always be an address.

>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>  void entry_SYSCALL_64(void);
> +long do_arch_prctl_64(struct task_struct *task, int code, unsigned long arg2);
>  #endif

Could you please also rename the weirdly named 'code' argument to 'option',
to be in line with the existing sys_prctl() interface nomenclature?

Thanks,

	Ingo