Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754751AbbGFMnK (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2015 08:43:10 -0400 Received: from mx0b-00176a03.pphosted.com ([67.231.157.48]:48235 "EHLO mx0b-00176a03.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751427AbbGFMnG (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2015 08:43:06 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 631 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 06 Jul 2015 08:43:05 EDT Message-ID: <559A77CB.9070705@ge.com> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 13:42:51 +0100 From: Martyn Welch User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dmitry Kalinkin , Sudip Mukherjee CC: , , "Greg Kroah-Hartman" , Manohar Vanga Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 6/9] staging: vme_user: return -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors References: <20150623135124.GP28762@mwanda> <1435075419-28211-1-git-send-email-dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com> <1435075419-28211-7-git-send-email-dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com> <20150625112758.GB13366@sudip-PC> <1423C916-AB8D-409B-B844-BCF72975625E@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1423C916-AB8D-409B-B844-BCF72975625E@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: [3.159.212.192] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2015-07-06_05:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1506180000 definitions=main-1507060204 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 763 Lines: 21 On 25/06/15 13:05, Dmitry Kalinkin wrote: > > This is why I think this is not a “we broke userspace” situation. The vme_user module is also in the staging tree and (almost) by definition the API shouldn't be considered as stable. Martyn -- Martyn Welch (Lead Software Engineer) | Registered in England and Wales GE Intelligent Platforms | (3828642) at 100 Barbirolli Square T +44(0)1327322748 | Manchester, M2 3AB E martyn.welch@ge.com | VAT:GB 927559189 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/