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 2C9BAC4321E for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:48:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E309B20869 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:48:02 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E309B20869 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 S1727805AbeIGN1z (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2018 09:27:55 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:46976 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727586AbeIGN1z (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2018 09:27:55 -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 29CD1AEDD; Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:47:57 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 10:47:56 +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: <20180907084756.GD19621@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> <20180906072800.GN14951@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20180906124321.GD27492@rapoport-lnx> <20180906130102.GY14951@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20180906133958.GM27492@rapoport-lnx> <20180906134627.GZ14951@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20180907084211.GA19153@rapoport-lnx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180907084211.GA19153@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 Fri 07-09-18 11:42:12, Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:46:27PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > On Thu 06-09-18 16:39:58, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:01:02PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > On Thu 06-09-18 15:43:21, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in > > > > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic' > > > > > reduces code readability in my opinion. > > > > > > > > Well, is _nopanic really really useful in the name. Do we even need/want > > > > implicit panic/nopanic semantic? The code should rather check for the > > > > return value and decide depending on the code path. I suspect removing > > > > panic/nopanic would make the API slightly lighter. > > > > > > I agree that panic/nopanic should be removed. But I prefer to start with > > > equivalent replacement to make it as automated as possible and update > > > memblock API when the dust settles a bit. > > > > Yes, I agree with that approach. But that also doesn't justify the > > renaming > > Well, the renaming is automated :) Yes, it is. It also adds churn to the code so I tend to prefer an existing naming unless it is completely misleading or incomprehensible. Is this something to lose sleep over. Absolutely not! Does it make sense to discuss further? I do not think so. If you strongly believe that the renaming is a good thing then just do it. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs