Re: [PATCH -next v2 2/2] riscv: extable: add new extable type EX_TYPE_KACCESS_ERR_ZERO support

[Andrew Jones]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 03:20:25AM +0000, Tong Tiangen wrote:
> Currently, The extable type EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO is used by
> __get/put_kernel_nofault(), but those helpers are not uaccess type, so we
> add a new extable type EX_TYPE_KACCESS_ERR_ZERO which can be used by
> __get/put_kernel_no_fault().
> 
> Only refactor code without any functional changes.

This isn't quite true. __get/put_kernel_nofault now sets a different
extable type (as the commit message says). But, nothing special seems
to be done with that, so there's effectively no functional change. Can
you please elaborate on the motivation for this change? Where will the
KACCESS type need to be distinguished from the UACCESS type?

Thanks,
drew