From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753036AbdLMOmS (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:42:18 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:60667 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752749AbdLMOmQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:42:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:40:50 +0100 From: Cyril Hrubis To: Pavel Machek Cc: Michal Hocko , Michael Kerrisk , linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Khalid Aziz , Michael Ellerman , Andrew Morton , Russell King - ARM Linux , Andrea Arcangeli , linux-mm@kvack.org, LKML , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Florian Weimer , John Hubbard , Matthew Wilcox , Jann Horn , Mike Rapoport Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation Message-ID: <20171213144050.GG11493@rei> References: <20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-2-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213125540.GA18897@amd> <20171213130458.GI25185@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20171213130900.GA19932@amd> <20171213131640.GJ25185@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20171213132105.GA20517@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171213132105.GA20517@amd> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > You selected stupid name for a flag. Everyone and their dog agrees > with that. There's even consensus on better name (and everyone agrees > it is better than .._SAFE). Of course, we could have debate if it is > NOREPLACE or NOREMOVE or ... and that would be bikeshed. This was just > poor naming on your part. Well while everybody agrees that the name is so bad that basically anything else would be better, there does not seem to be consensus on which one to pick. I do understand that this frustrating and fruitless. So what do we do now, roll a dice to choose new name? Or do we ask BFDL[1] to choose the name? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life -- Cyril Hrubis chrubis@suse.cz From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cyril Hrubis Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:40:50 +0100 Message-ID: <20171213144050.GG11493@rei> References: <20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-2-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213125540.GA18897@amd> <20171213130458.GI25185@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20171213130900.GA19932@amd> <20171213131640.GJ25185@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20171213132105.GA20517@amd> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171213132105.GA20517@amd> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: Michal Hocko , Michael Kerrisk , linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Khalid Aziz , Michael Ellerman , Andrew Morton , Russell King - ARM Linux , Andrea Arcangeli , linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, LKML , linux-arch-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Florian Weimer , John Hubbard , Matthew Wilcox , Jann Horn , Mike Rapoport List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Hi! > You selected stupid name for a flag. Everyone and their dog agrees > with that. There's even consensus on better name (and everyone agrees > it is better than .._SAFE). Of course, we could have debate if it is > NOREPLACE or NOREMOVE or ... and that would be bikeshed. This was just > poor naming on your part. Well while everybody agrees that the name is so bad that basically anything else would be better, there does not seem to be consensus on which one to pick. I do understand that this frustrating and fruitless. So what do we do now, roll a dice to choose new name? Or do we ask BFDL[1] to choose the name? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life -- Cyril Hrubis chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pl0-f71.google.com (mail-pl0-f71.google.com [209.85.160.71]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FC346B0253 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:42:17 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-pl0-f71.google.com with SMTP id f2so1210979plj.15 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:42:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de. [195.135.220.15]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n187si1357833pga.318.2017.12.13.06.42.16 for (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:42:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:40:50 +0100 From: Cyril Hrubis Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation Message-ID: <20171213144050.GG11493@rei> References: <20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-2-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213125540.GA18897@amd> <20171213130458.GI25185@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20171213130900.GA19932@amd> <20171213131640.GJ25185@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20171213132105.GA20517@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171213132105.GA20517@amd> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Pavel Machek Cc: Michal Hocko , Michael Kerrisk , linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Khalid Aziz , Michael Ellerman , Andrew Morton , Russell King - ARM Linux , Andrea Arcangeli , linux-mm@kvack.org, LKML , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Florian Weimer , John Hubbard , Matthew Wilcox , Jann Horn , Mike Rapoport Hi! > You selected stupid name for a flag. Everyone and their dog agrees > with that. There's even consensus on better name (and everyone agrees > it is better than .._SAFE). Of course, we could have debate if it is > NOREPLACE or NOREMOVE or ... and that would be bikeshed. This was just > poor naming on your part. Well while everybody agrees that the name is so bad that basically anything else would be better, there does not seem to be consensus on which one to pick. I do understand that this frustrating and fruitless. So what do we do now, roll a dice to choose new name? Or do we ask BFDL[1] to choose the name? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life -- Cyril Hrubis chrubis@suse.cz -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org