Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261753AbVDTTyP (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:54:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261773AbVDTTyO (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:54:14 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:40891 "EHLO parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261753AbVDTTyF (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:54:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:01:26 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Jesper Juhl Cc: Andrew Morton , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] rename rw_verify_area() to rw_access_ok() Message-ID: <20050420150126.GA7731@logos.cnet> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 787 Lines: 17 On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 11:50:35PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > verify_area() will soon be dead and gone, replaced by access_ok(), thus > the function named rw_verify_area() is badly named and should be renamed. > This patch renames rw_verify_area to rw_access_ok which seems more > appropriate (it also updates all callers of the functions as well as > references to it in comments). Not that I care too much, but, rw_verify_area() has nothing to do with verify_area/access_ok functions. I dont see real need to rename this function. - 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/