From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752154Ab3FYJhO (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:37:14 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:52218 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751391Ab3FYJhM (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:37:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:37:06 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Robert Richter Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Jiri Olsa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] perf: Add persistent event facilities Message-ID: <20130625093706.GA18612@pd.tnic> References: <1370968960-22527-1-git-send-email-rric@kernel.org> <1370968960-22527-4-git-send-email-rric@kernel.org> <20130624094830.GP28407@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20130624192616.GB24827@pd.tnic> <20130625074401.GY28407@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20130625092439.GD21579@rric.localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130625092439.GD21579@rric.localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:24:39AM +0200, Robert Richter wrote: > On 25.06.13 09:44:01, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > Elsewhere in this series you use 'pers' to shorten things; it reads a > > bit odd to me because 'pers' is the Dutch word for press (both meanings > > transfer) but that is just something I'll have to live with isn't it ;-) > > > > As for tracepoint, it seems common to shorten that to tp; which always > > reminds me of toilet paper, but I suppose more people suffer from that. > > > > Yielding: perf_add_pers_tp() > > > > which I read as adding pressed toilet paper.. a well :-) > > Better we avoid this, don't wonat you misread the code. ;) > > I also see 'pers_' not as an optimum since it could be mixed-up easily > with 'perf_'. Maybe we take 'persist_' instead? Yep, although it reads wrong: perf_add_persist_event Another not really optimal idea would be to call them sticky events: perf_add_sticky_event. Also funny. Then there's perf_add_prstnt_event Also, not really great. Hmmm.. I got nothing so far... -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --