From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Rename ptdesc_t
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:02:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34c31f7a-e3e5-47c1-9e41-e6e9a90e89d3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <agw_Ih69WYh7NDWZ@willie-the-truck>
On 5/19/26 12:44, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 09:51:46AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> Hi Anshuman,
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 04:49:33AM +0100, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>> ptdesc_t sounds very similar to the core MM struct ptdesc which is actually
>>> the memory descriptor for page table allocations. Hence rename this typedef
>>> element as pxxval_t instead for better clarity and separation.
>>
>> Maybe we should keep the "pt" prefix and make it "ptval_t"?
>
> Yeah, the 'pxx' prefix really hurts my eyes. Please use something else!
Fine with me as long as we don't call it something with "pte" in it.
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-19 11:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-30 3:49 [PATCH] arm64/mm: Rename ptdesc_t Anshuman Khandual
2026-04-30 7:51 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-19 10:44 ` Will Deacon
2026-05-19 11:02 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-05-20 2:08 ` Anshuman Khandual
2026-05-20 5:26 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-20 5:38 ` Anshuman Khandual
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