[PATCH v9 2/3] kernel.h: add to_user_ptr()
Joe Perches
joe at perches.com
Thu Mar 17 21:10:03 UTC 2016
On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 16:50 -0400, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote:
[]
> > It's a name that seems like it should be a straightforward
> > cast of a kernel pointer to a __user pointer like:
> >
> > static inline void __user *to_user_ptr(void *p)
> > {
> > return (void __user *)p;
> > }
> ahh, ok. I guess I was used to using it in the context of ioctl
> structs.. in that context u64 -> (void __user *) made more sense.
>
> Maybe uapi_to_ptr()? (ok, not super-creative.. maybe someone has a
> better idea)
Maybe u64_to_user_ptr?
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