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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/7] context_tracking: Rename context symbols to prepare for transition state
On 03/04/2015 09:14 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Current context tracking symbols are designed to express living state.
> As such they are prefixed with "IN_": IN_USER, IN_KERNEL.
>
> Now we are going to use these symbols to also express state transitions
> such as context_tracking_enter(IN_USER) or context_tracking_exit(IN_USER).
> But while the "IN_" prefix works well to express entering a context, it's
> confusing to depict a context exit: context_tracking_exit(IN_USER)
> could mean two things:
> 1) We are exiting the current context to enter user context.
> 2) We are exiting the user context
> We want 2) but the reviewer may be confused and understand 1)
>
> So lets disambiguate these symbols and rename them to CONTEXT_USER and
> CONTEXT_KERNEL.
>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
> Cc: Will deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
> Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>



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