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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:07:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] arch, x86: cache management apis for persistent memory
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com> wrote:
> Forgot one thing
>
> On 06/01/2015 02:39 PM, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>>> +static inline void persistent_copy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
>
> Could we please make this
> memcpy_persistent
>
> Same as:
> copy_from_user_nocache
>
> The generic name of what it does first then the special override.
> copy_from_user_XXX is same as copy_from_user but with XXX applied
>
> Same here exactly as memcpy_ but with persistent applied.

Ok, makes sense.
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