Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/9] uaccess: Convert INLINE_COPY_{TO/FROM}_USER to kconfig and reduce ifdefery

Yury Norov <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:39:16 -0400
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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