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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: riel@redhat.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, luto@kernel.org,
	yu-cheng.yu@intel.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, bp@suse.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Rename copyin_to_xsaves()/copyout_from_xsaves() to copy_user_to_xstate()/copy_xstate_to_user()
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:26:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170126102606.GA14834@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170126082145.GA25331@gmail.com>


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > 1)
> > 
> > the 'copyin/copyout' nomenclature needlessly departs from what the modern FPU code 
> > uses, which is:
> 
> The patch below implements this first step. Untested.

I sent out the other cleanups as well, in:

  [PATCH 00/14] x86/fpu: Clean up ptrace copying functions

which includes the first fix, and if it all works, could be used as a base for the 
second fix as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-26 10:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-26  1:57 [PATCH 0/2] x86/fpu: copyout_from_xsaves & copyin_to_xsaves fixes riel
2017-01-26  1:57 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/fpu: move copyout_from_xsaves bounds check before the copy riel
2017-01-26  9:40   ` Ingo Molnar
2017-01-26  9:47     ` Ingo Molnar
2017-01-26  1:57 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/fpu: copy MXCSR & MXCSR_FLAGS with SSE/YMM state riel
2017-01-26  8:14   ` Ingo Molnar
2017-01-26  8:21     ` [PATCH] x86/fpu: Rename copyin_to_xsaves()/copyout_from_xsaves() to copy_user_to_xstate()/copy_xstate_to_user() Ingo Molnar
2017-01-26 10:26       ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2017-01-26 15:03   ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/fpu: copy MXCSR & MXCSR_FLAGS with SSE/YMM state Dave Hansen
2017-01-30 17:34   ` Yu-cheng Yu

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