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From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:42:36 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/15] umh: Separate the user mode driver and the user
 mode helper support
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 10:23 AM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
>
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 1:05 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> This makes it clear which code is part of the core user mode
> >> helper support and which code is needed to implement user mode
> >> drivers.
> >>
> >>  kernel/umd.c             | 146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  kernel/umh.c             | 139 -------------------------------------
> >
> > I certainly don't object to the split, but I hate the name.
> >
> > We have uml, umd and umh for user mode {linux, drivers, helper}
> > respectively.And honestly, I don't see the point in using an obscure
> > and unreadable TLA for something like this.
> >
> > I really don't think it would hurt to write out even the full name
> > with "usermode_driver.c" or something like that, would it?
> >
> > Then "umd" could be continued to be used as a prefix for the helper
> > functions, by all means, but if we startv renaming files, can we do it
> > properly?
>
> I will take care of it.  I have to respin the patchset for a silly bug anyways.

I guess with the header name too: umd.h -> usermode_driver.h ?