Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/9] uaccess: Convert INLINE_COPY_{TO/FROM}_USER to kconfig and reduce ifdefery
Yury Norov <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 07:13:43PM +0200, Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) wrote: > Among the 21 architectures supported by the kernel, 16 define both > INLINE_COPY_TO_USER and INLINE_COPY_FROM_USER while the 5 other ones > don't define any of the two. > > To simplify and reduce risk of mistakes, convert them to a single > kconfig item named CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_NOINLINE_COPY which will be We've got a special word for it: outline. Can you name it CONFIG_OUTLINE_USERCOPY, or similar? > selected by the 5 architectures that don't want inlined copy. > > To minimise complication in a later patch, also remove > ifdefery and replace it with IS_ENABLED(). > > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <[email protected]> Andrew has taken my consolidation patch for INLINE_COPY_USER: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ Please base your series on top of it. I'm not sure this patch is relevant to the goal of your series. Maybe send it separately? Thanks, Yury