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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/8] af_unix: take address assignment/hash insertion into a new helper
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 12:31:49PM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> Because it does not lock the lock, just compare:
>
> lock();
> __unix_set_addr();
> unlock();
>
> to:
>
> lock();
> __unix_set_addr();
>
> Clearly the former is more readable and less error-prone. Even
> if you really want to do unlock, pick a name which explicitly says
> it, for example, __unix_set_addr_unlock().

*shrug*

If anything, __unix_complete_bind() might make a better name for that,
with dropping ->bindlock also pulled in, but TBH I don't have sufficiently
strong preferences - might as well leave dropping the lock to caller.

I'll post that series to netdev tonight.

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