Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/fpu/xstate: Rename validate_xstate_header() to validate_xstate_header_from_user()

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Feb 21 2020 - 09:13:18 EST


On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:18:40PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The function validate_xstate_header() validates an xstate header coming
> from userspace (PTRACE or sigreturn). To make it clear, rename it to
> validate_xstate_header_from_user().

Or simply:

validate_user_xstate_header()

Also, make that patch the first in your series.

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