[PATCH 2/6] nvme-ioctl: use common type for user data addresses
Christoph Hellwig
hch at lst.de
Mon Feb 24 14:30:53 PST 2025
On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 10:21:24AM -0800, Keith Busch wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch at kernel.org>
>
> The data type is represented as a u64, but the metadata type as a __user
> void *. These two fields represent the same thing, so treating them so
> differently looks a bit odd. Just pick one consistent type of
> representation.
Yes, being consistent is good. I would normally propagate the
proper pointer type as far as possible, but I can live with this
version if you add a little blurb why it's preferable.
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