From patchwork Sun Sep 9 08:12:28 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Linus Walleij X-Patchwork-Id: 1427501 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-linux-arm@patchwork.kernel.org Delivered-To: patchwork-process-083081@patchwork2.kernel.org Received: from merlin.infradead.org (merlin.infradead.org [205.233.59.134]) by patchwork2.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18AF1DF264 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 08:17:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=merlin.infradead.org) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1TAcdO-0001HW-IM; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:12:50 +0000 Received: from mail.df.lth.se ([194.47.250.12]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1TAcdI-0001HI-8L for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:12:45 +0000 Received: from mer.df.lth.se (mer.df.lth.se [194.47.250.37]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.df.lth.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D54C65D53; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:12:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mer.df.lth.se (triad@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mer.df.lth.se (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id q898CZSw009551; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:12:35 +0200 Received: (from triad@localhost) by mer.df.lth.se (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id q898CXQs009550; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:12:33 +0200 From: Linus Walleij To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH] ARM: mark kernelmode mem{cpy,set} non-experimental Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:12:28 +0200 Message-Id: <1347178348-9522-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.2.5 X-Spam-Note: CRM114 invocation failed X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.3.2 on merlin.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (-2.6 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low trust [194.47.250.12 listed in list.dnswl.org] -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.0 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Cc: Linus Walleij , Russell King , Lennert Buytenhek , Nicolas Pitre X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+patchwork-linux-arm=patchwork.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org This feature was added in 2009, I've been using it off and on and never had any problems with it on my systems. I cannot see why it needs to be marked experimental, make it a normal feature and let us discover its possible shortcomings as people try to turn it on instead. Cc: Lennert Buytenhek Cc: Nicolas Pitre Cc: Russell King Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij --- arch/arm/Kconfig | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 2f88d8d..e040b47 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -1849,8 +1849,8 @@ config ALIGNMENT_TRAP configuration it is safe to say N, otherwise say Y. config UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY - bool "Use kernel mem{cpy,set}() for {copy_to,clear}_user() (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on MMU && EXPERIMENTAL + bool "Use kernel mem{cpy,set}() for {copy_to,clear}_user()" + depends on MMU default y if CPU_FEROCEON help Implement faster copy_to_user and clear_user methods for CPU