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From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr()
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2016-03-17 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>:

> On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 16:50 -0400, Rob Clark wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> []
> > > It's a name that seems like it should be a straightforward
> > > cast of a kernel pointer to a __user pointer like:
> > >=20
> > > static inline void __user *to_user_ptr(void *p)
> > > {
> > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0return (void __user *)p;
> > > }
> > ahh, ok.=A0=A0I guess I was used to using it in the context of ioctl
> > structs..=A0=A0in that context u64 -> (void __user *) made more sense.
> >=20
> > Maybe uapi_to_ptr()?=A0=A0(ok, not super-creative.. maybe someone has a
> > better idea)
>=20
> Maybe u64_to_user_ptr?

That is a good name. If everyone agrees I can resend this patch
changing it to u64_to_user_ptr. Then should we still keep it on
kernel.h?

	Gustavo