On 8/13/19 10:46 AM, Ira Weiny wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:47:06AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 02:48:55PM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 09:28:14AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 03:58:29PM -0700, ira.we...@intel.com wrote:
>>>>> From: Ira Weiny <ira.we...@intel.com>
...
>>> So I'm open to suggestions. Jan gave me this one, so I figured it was
>>> safer to
>>> suggest it...
>>
>> Should have the word user in it, imho
>
> Fair enough...
>
> user_addr_pin_pages(void __user * addr, ...) ?
>
> uaddr_pin_pages(void __user * addr, ...) ?
>
> I think I like uaddr...
>
Better to spell out "user". "u" prefixes are used for "unsigned" and it
is just too ambiguous here. Maybe:
vaddr_pin_user_pages()
...which also sounds close enough to get_user_pages() that a bit of
history and continuity is preserved, too.
thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA
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