Re: [PATCH 0/5] asm-generic: strncpy_from_user/strnlen_user cleanup

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To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] asm-generic: strncpy_from_user/strnlen_user cleanup
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 08:40:15 +0200
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Brian Cain <bcain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Albert Ou <aou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>, Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sid Manning <sidneym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-snps-arc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, uclinux-h8-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hexagon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-um@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I generall like this consolidation, but for the patches that remote
the arch / asm-generic versions, can you please elaborate a little
more why the lib version is preferable?  The current commit logs are
not very informative.

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