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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Cleanup of rw_copy_check_uvector and compat_rw_copy_check_uvector
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:23:37 +0100
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 01/30, Christopher Yeoh wrote:
> >
> > ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
> > const struct compat_iovec __user *uvector, unsigned long nr_segs,
> > unsigned long fast_segs, struct iovec *fast_pointer,
> > - struct iovec **ret_pointer, int check_access)
> > + struct iovec **ret_pointer)
> > {
> > compat_ssize_t tot_len;
> > struct iovec *iov = *ret_pointer = fast_pointer;
> > @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
> > }
> > if (len < 0) /* size_t not fitting in compat_ssize_t .. */
> > goto out;
> > - if (check_access &&
> > + if (type >=0 &&
>
> I bet checkpatch.pl will complain, this needs the space after '>' ;)
>
> Otherwise this is nice cleanup, imho.
>
> Christopher, this is up to Andrew but perhaps you should update
> the changelog. It should explain what this patch does (overload
> "int type", remove the unnecessary "check_access", etc). It should
> not simply mention the previous discussion.
>

Yes please. Put oneself in the position of a developer reading the
changelog two years from now.

Also, please use our conventional comment layout style in fs.h.


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