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From: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com>
To: dsterba@suse.cz, Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] btrfs: rename btrfs_folio_(set|start|end)_writer_lock()
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 07:28:51 +1030	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ab5ed1db-7785-404c-a20d-7f11c3346eb6@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241008170916.GF1609@twin.jikos.cz>



在 2024/10/9 03:39, David Sterba 写道:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 08:28:45AM +1030, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>> Since there is no user of reader locks, rename the writer locks into a
>> more generic name, by removing the "_writer" part from the name.
>>
>> And also rename btrfs_subpage::writer into btrfs_subpage::locked.
>
> 'locked' looks confusing in connection with atomics. It sounds like a
> predicate but is in fact a counter, so I'd suggest to rename it to
> nr_locked or nr_locks or something like that.
>
nr_locked looks much better, and way better than my original
"sectors_locked".

Thanks,
Qu

      reply	other threads:[~2024-10-08 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-07 21:58 [PATCH 0/2] btrfs: unify the read and writer locks for btrfs_subpage Qu Wenruo
2024-10-07 21:58 ` [PATCH 1/2] btrfs: unify to use writer locks for subpage locking Qu Wenruo
2024-10-07 21:58 ` [PATCH 2/2] btrfs: rename btrfs_folio_(set|start|end)_writer_lock() Qu Wenruo
2024-10-08 17:09   ` David Sterba
2024-10-08 20:58     ` Qu Wenruo [this message]

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