Re: [rfc] rename page_count for lockless pagecache

Nick Piggin
2007-04-12T23:27:10Z

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:03:39PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 14:46 +0200, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > In order to force an audit of page_count users (which I have already done
> > for in-tree users), and to ensure people think about page_count correctly
> > in future, I propose this (incomplete, RFC) patch to rename page_count.
> >
>
> My compiler suggests you did a very terse job, but given that its an
> RFC... :-)

Yeah, just mm/, to see how it looks.

I have no problem converting the whole tree (there isn't much left),
but the question is whether out of tree drivers use it.

I guess if they do use it, then they need to be checked anyway, so
there isn't really a way we can provide interim compatibility.

>
> Anyway, I like it, but I'll leave it out for now.
>