Re: [PATCH v12 2/7] x86/arch_prctl/64: Rename do_arch_prctl to do_arch_prctl_64

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Kyle Huey <me@kylehuey.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:27 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > * Kyle Huey <me@kylehuey.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In order to introduce new arch_prctls that are not 64 bit only, rename the
> >> existing 64 bit implementation to do_arch_prctl_64(). Also rename the second
> >> argument to arch_prctl(), which will no longer always be an address.
> >
> >>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> >>  void entry_SYSCALL_64(void);
> >> +long do_arch_prctl_64(struct task_struct *task, int code, unsigned long arg2);
> >>  #endif
> >
> > Could you please also rename the weirdly named 'code' argument to 'option',
> > to be in line with the existing sys_prctl() interface nomenclature?
> 
> arch_prctl consistently uses 'code' throughout the kernel and in the
> main page.  This renaming should probably be done separately if
> desired.

'arch_prctl' is essentially an x86-ism that arbitrarily changed 'option' to 'code' 
to implement a sub-option where the option was indeed 'code' - but with _your_ 
changes it becomes outright misleading and confusing: as the 'code' is not code 
anymore but one of the several options.

The core kernel uses 'option' and we should follow that nomenclature.

Thanks,

	Ingo