From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5FA4C433F5 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 07:28:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E33520659 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 07:28:07 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8E33520659 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727803AbeIFMCK (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2018 08:02:10 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:57516 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725929AbeIFMCJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2018 08:02:09 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay1.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC5BACBF; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 07:28:03 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 09:28:00 +0200 From: Michal Hocko To: Mike Rapoport Cc: Rob Herring , linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton , davem@davemloft.net, Greg Kroah-Hartman , mingo@redhat.com, Michael Ellerman , paul.burton@mips.com, Thomas Gleixner , tony.luck@intel.com, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address Message-ID: <20180906072800.GN14951@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <1536163184-26356-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1536163184-26356-8-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20180905172017.GA2203@rapoport-lnx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180905172017.GA2203@rapoport-lnx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > > > The conversion is done using > > > > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \ > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc) > > > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a > > mechanical change. > > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g: > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic. > > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well. I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading or it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I would rather stick with the status quo. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs