Re: [PATCH v2 13/36] x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Mar 16 2018 - 08:00:54 EST


On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, Dominik Brodowski wrote:

> Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_ioperm()
> syscall.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Please add a few lines explaining the ksys_ prefix as you did in your reply
to Christoph. Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>