Re: known bad patch in -mm tree was Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>]

On Thu 21-12-17 15:59:07, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > >>> And if Michal doesn't want to touch this patch any more, I'm happy to
> > >>> do the search/replace/resend. :P
> > >>
> > >> Something with the prefix MAP_FIXED_ seems to me obviously desirable,
> > >> both to suggest that the function is similar, and also for easy
> > >> grepping of the source code to look for instances of both.
> > >> MAP_FIXED_SAFE didn't really bother me as a name, but
> > >> MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE (or MAP_FIXED_NOCLOBBER) seem slightly more
> > >> descriptive of what the flag actually does, so a little better.
> > >
> > > Great, thanks!
> > >
> > > Andrew, can you s/MAP_FIXED_SAFE/MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE/g in the series?
> > 
> > This seems to have not happened. Presumably Andrew just missed the mail
> > in the flood. And will probably miss this one too ... :)
> 
> Nice way to mess up kernel development, Michal. Thank you! :-(.

Thank you for your valuable feedback! Maybe you have noticed that I
haven't enforced the patch and led others to decide the final name
(either by resubmitting patches or a simple replace in mmotm tree). Or
maybe you haven't because you are so busy bikesheding that you can
hardly see anything else.
 
> Andrew, everyone and their dog agrees MAP_FIXED_SAFE is stupid name,
> but Michal decided to just go ahead, ignoring feedback...
>
> Can you either s/MAP_FIXED_SAFE/MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE/g or drop the patches?

You have surely saved the world today and I hardly find words to thank
you (and your dog of course).

Thanks!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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