Re: [PATCH 4/5] fanotify/fanotify_user.c: introduce a generic info record copying function

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On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 04:59:23PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 5:11 AM Matthew Bobrowski <repnop@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The copy_info_to_user() function has been repurposed with the idea to
> 
> Sorry I gave comment on patch 5 before I knew you repurposed
> copy_info_to_user().
> Perhaps it would be better to give a non ambiguous name like
> copy_info_records_to_user() or

^ I like this.

> copy_fid_info_records_to_user() and leave pidfd out of this helper.
> If you do wish to keep pidfd copy inside this helper and follow my
> suggestion on patch 5 you will have to pass in pidfd as another argument.

I'd like to keep all the info record related copying branching out
from a single helper, which in this case will now be
copy_info_records_to_user().

/M



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