On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > Hi... > > > is there some reason that include/asm-i386/uaccess.h defines > > __get_user_x up to 4, but __put_user_x up to 8? why no __get_user_8? > > just curious. > > Sure about that? Maybe the get_user 64 bit can do 8 byte transfer? I > have no source in hand right now, so I just give ideas... > > Another possibilty is, there isn't one, since the kernel assume it > can't do 8 bytes transfer atomically at once. But the kernel can > assume it can safely do so since it *knows* the proper locking has > been done. i have no idea, i'm just pointing out what i can read in that header file. rday p.s. i'm also amused by the fact that the generic routine for *getting* is "get_user_x", but for *putting* is "put_user_X" (note difference in case for that last character). is that difference supposed to mean something? rday -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
