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DateThu, 26 Feb 2009 07:51:53 -0500 (EST)
FromSteven Rostedt <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/5] [RFC] copy_strtok_from_user

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > yes. Note that strsep() is the preferred API. (in fact it's
> > the only such string API that is in the kernel)
>
> btw., for larger strings we cannot really copy into the kernel i
> suspect. We'd have to kmalloc() and that adds overhead, etc.
>
> Nevertheless, copy_strsep_from_user() would be the symmetric API
> here.

OK, I'll rebase again calling it copy_strsep_from_user. And I'll change
the implementation to use copy_from_user/strsep

-- Steve



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