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From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] signal: factor copy_siginfo_to_external32 from
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 09:47:24PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> I looked at fixing it but surely this sort of thing:
> 
> 
> int copy_siginfo_to_user32(struct compat_siginfo __user *to,
> 			   const struct kernel_siginfo *from)
> #if defined(CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI) || defined(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION)
> {
> 	return __copy_siginfo_to_user32(to, from, in_x32_syscall());
> }
> int __copy_siginfo_to_user32(struct compat_siginfo __user *to,
> 			     const struct kernel_siginfo *from, bool x32_ABI)
> #endif
> {
> 	...
> 
> 
> is too ugly to live?

I fixed it up in my earlier versions, but Eric insisted to keep it,
which is why I switched to his version given that he is the defacto
signal.c maintainer.

Here is what I would have preferred:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3473847.html
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3473840.html
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3473843.html