Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:19:18 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 04/13] tracing: Rename kvfree_rcu() to kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() | From | Jens Axboe <> |
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On 3/15/23 4:36 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 14:45:21 +0100 > Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> The kvfree_rcu()'s single argument name is deprecated therefore >>> rename it to kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() variant. The goal is explicitly >>> underline that it is for sleepable contexts. >>> >>> Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> >>> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> >>> >> Could you please add you reviwed-by or Acked-by tags so we can bring >> our series with renaming for the next merge window? > > I don't know. Perhaps we should just apply this patch and not worry about > sleeping and whatnot.
That's a cop out, just removing the one case you care about. Fact is the naming is awful, and the 1/2 argument thing is making it worse. If a big change is warranted, why not do it right and ACTUALLY get it right?
-- Jens Axboe
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