Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:47:07 -0300 | From | Jason Gunthorpe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] net/xdp: convert put_page() to put_user_page*() |
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On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 09:41:34PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> * The leading underscores are often used for the more elaborate form of the > call (as oppposed to decorating the core function name with "_flags", for > example).
IMHO usually the __ version of a public symbol means something like 'why are you using this? you probably should not'
Often because the __ version has no locking or some other dangerous configuration like that.
Jason
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