* Re: [PATCH 2/2] tree-wide: rename vmemdup_user to kvmemdup_user
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@ 2020-08-15 18:23 ` Matthew Wilcox
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From: Matthew Wilcox @ 2020-08-15 18:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Markus Elfring
Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel, Josef Bacik, Al Viro,
linux-fsdevel, kernel-team, Christoph Hellwig, Coccinelle
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 03:10:12PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > This helper uses kvmalloc, not vmalloc, so rename it to kvmemdup_user to
> > make it clear we're using kvmalloc() and will need to use kvfree().
>
> Can the renaming of this function name trigger software updates
> for any more source files?
Why don't you find out, and if there are, submit your own patch?
> Example:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup_user.cocci?idÉc9735c46f589b9877b7fc00c89ef1b61a31e18#n18
>
> Regards,
> Markus
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