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From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Michael Kerrisk
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	Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe-Gsx/Oe8HsFggBc27wqDAHg@public.gmane.org>,
	Andrew Morton
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	Russell King - ARM Linux
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	Andrea Arcangeli
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	LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
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	Florian Weimer <fweimer-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	John Hubbard <jhubbard-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Jann Horn <jannh-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Mike Rapoport
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:40:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171213144050.GG11493@rei> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171213132105.GA20517@amd>

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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-12-13 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-13  9:25 [PATCH v2 0/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_SAFE Michal Hocko
2017-12-13  9:25 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Michal Hocko
     [not found]   ` <20171213092550.2774-2-mhocko-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-13 12:50     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-13 13:01       ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-13  9:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] fs, elf: drop MAP_FIXED usage from elf_map Michal Hocko
2017-12-16  0:49   ` [2/2] " Andrei Vagin
2017-12-18  9:13     ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-18 18:12       ` Andrei Vagin
2017-12-13  9:31 ` [PATCH 1/2] mmap.2: document new MAP_FIXED_SAFE flag Michal Hocko
2017-12-13  9:31   ` [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation Michal Hocko
2017-12-13 12:55     ` Pavel Machek
2017-12-13 13:03       ` Cyril Hrubis
2017-12-13 13:04       ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-13 13:09         ` Pavel Machek
2017-12-13 13:16           ` Michal Hocko
     [not found]             ` <20171213131640.GJ25185-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-13 13:21               ` Pavel Machek
2017-12-13 13:35                 ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-13 14:40                 ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2017-12-13 23:19                   ` Kees Cook
     [not found]                     ` <CAGXu5jLqE6cUxk-Girx6PG7upEzz8jmu1OH_3LVC26iJc2vTxQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-14  7:07                       ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-18 19:12                     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2017-12-18 20:19                       ` Kees Cook
2017-12-18 20:33                         ` Matthew Wilcox
     [not found]                         ` <CAGXu5jJ289R9koVoHmxcvUWr6XHSZR2p0qq3WtpNyN-iNSvrNQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-21 12:38                           ` Michael Ellerman
2017-12-21 14:59                             ` known bad patch in -mm tree was " Pavel Machek
2017-12-21 15:08                               ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-21 22:24                             ` Andrew Morton
2017-12-22  0:06                               ` Michael Ellerman
2017-12-14  2:52     ` Jann Horn
     [not found]       ` <CAG48ez0JZ3PVW3vgSXDmDijS+a_5bSX9qNuyggnsB6JTSkKngA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-14  5:28         ` John Hubbard
2017-12-14 23:06       ` John Hubbard
     [not found]         ` <b4fb7b3a-e53e-bf87-53c5-186751a14f4e-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-14 23:10           ` Jann Horn
     [not found] ` <20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-13 12:25   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_SAFE Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-13 12:34     ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-13 17:13   ` Kees Cook
2017-12-15  9:02     ` Michael Ellerman
2017-12-14  0:32   ` Andrew Morton
2017-12-14  1:35     ` David Goldblatt
2017-12-14  1:42       ` David Goldblatt
2017-12-14 12:44     ` Edward Napierala
2017-12-14 13:15       ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-14 14:54         ` Edward Napierala
2017-12-19 12:40           ` David Laight
2017-12-19 12:46             ` Michal Hocko

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