From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756013AbbDJT60 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:58:26 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:50059 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754209AbbDJT6X (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:58:23 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,558,1422950400"; d="scan'208";a="693582545" Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:58:22 -0700 From: Andi Kleen To: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Andi Kleen , X86 ML , Andrew Lutomirski , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] x86: Use rd/wr fs/gs base in arch_prctl Message-ID: <20150410195822.GP15335@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <1428681033-1549-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1428681033-1549-9-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > These names are terrifying. How about > write_user_gsbase_and_set_gs_to_zero? (Yes, it's a mouthful.) Or > write_user_gs_and_gsbase(unsigned short gs, unsigned long gsbase), Sorry we're not programing Java here. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only