Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] asm-generic: reverse GENERIC_{STRNCPY_FROM,STRNLEN}_USER symbols

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 2:50 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Most architectures do not need a custom implementation, and in most
> cases the generic implementation is preferred, so change the polariy
> on these Kconfig symbols to require architectures to select them when
> they provide their own version.
>
> The new name is CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_{STRNCPY_FROM,STRNLEN}_USER.
>
> The remaining architectures at the moment are: ia64, mips, parisc,
> s390, um and xtensa. We should probably convert these as well, but
> I was not sure how far to take this series.
>
> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-um@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-xtensa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

>  arch/m68k/Kconfig                 |  2 --

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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