On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > >
> > > user_mode_vm -> user_mode
> > > user_mode -> user_mode_novm
No. Horrible.
I'm disgusted that somebody really would even consider something like
this. It CHANGES SEMANTICS for the same name, which is a maintenance
nightmare and a security bug. Now some patch assumes the new behaviour,
gets back-ported, and is subtly broken.
If you want to get rid of the "user_mode()" thing, don't re-use the name
with somethign that means something else.
Just do
user_mode() -> user_mode_novm86()
instead, and leave the old macro entirely behind.
Linus
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