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

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 01:00:48PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > 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>
> 
> Thanks! The commit message now reads
> 
> 	Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_ioperm()
> 	syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant as a drop-in
> 	replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same calling
> 	convention as sys_ioperm().
> 
> Does that sound OK?

Looks good.

Thanks,

	tglx