[PATCH v2 3/4] powerpc: Rename probe_kernel_read_inst()

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Wed Apr 14 15:23:37 AEST 2021


Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu> writes:

> When probe_kernel_read_inst() was created, it was to mimic
> probe_kernel_read() function.
>
> Since then, probe_kernel_read() has been renamed
> copy_from_kernel_nofault().
>
> Rename probe_kernel_read_inst() into copy_from_kernel_nofault_inst().

At first glance I read it as copy from kernel nofault instruction.
How about copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault()? 


-aneesh


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