From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Chandramouleeswaran, Aswin" <aswin@hp.com>,
"Norton, Scott J" <scott.norton@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] seqlock: Add a new blocking reader type
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:26:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130911172624.GK13318@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52309B5F.70406@hp.com>
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:33:35PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >Folks, any suggestions on better names? The semantics we are getting is
>
> I will welcome any better name suggestion and will incorporate that
> in the patch.
FWIW, the suggestions I've seen so far had been
seq_exreadlock() [ex for exclusive]
seq_exclreadlock() [ditto, and IMO fails the "easily read over the phone"
test - /sekv-excre...ARRGH/]
seq_prot_readlock() [prot for protected, as in DLM protected read]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-11 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-11 14:28 [PATCH 1/2] seqlock: Add a new blocking reader type Waiman Long
2013-09-11 14:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] dcache: use read_seqlock/unlock() in read_seqbegin_or_lock() & friend Waiman Long
2013-09-11 14:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] seqlock: Add a new blocking reader type Al Viro
2013-09-11 16:33 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-11 17:26 ` Al Viro [this message]
2013-09-11 18:34 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-11 18:40 ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-11 18:52 ` Al Viro
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