From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753456Ab3KUKHb (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:07:31 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:56672 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750902Ab3KUKH3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:07:29 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:07:22 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Ingo Molnar Cc: LKML , Borislav Petkov , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Jiri Olsa , Peter Zijlstra , Robert Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Move fs.* to generic lib/lk/ Message-ID: <20131121100722.GA25459@pd.tnic> References: <1384984585-24300-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <20131121073410.GA16971@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131121073410.GA16971@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 08:34:10AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Ouch, the naming is horrible, what does 'lk' stand for? "linux kernel" :-) > Please rename it to something sensible before it spreads. > > libkernel.so and tools/lib/kernel/ would be perfect I think. However, now that I think of it, the naming is kinda imprecise having only "kernel" in it - it only denotes that it is a library of stuff that has grown in the kernel. So how about tools/lib/ktools/ tools/lib/kutils/ tools/lib/kernel-tools/ tools/lib/kernel-utils/ ... and libktools.so libkutils.so ... ? I'd prefer ktools as in the tools/ directory of the kernel repo. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --