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