Re: [PATCH SLOF v3 3/5] disk-label: rename confusing "block" word

[Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 11:17:49AM +0530, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
>> >> "block" word is not a block number, actually its an allocated host
>> >> address.  Rename it to disk-buf along with a associated
>> >> size(disk-buf-size=4096) for using during allocation/free.
>> >> 
>> >> Also renaming the helper routine read-sector to read-disk-buf. This
>> >> routine assumes the address to be disk-buf and only takes sector number
>> >> as argument.
>> >
>> > This isn't what I suggested, and I think it is a terrible idea.
>> 
>> The comment was against the "has-fat-filesystem". As the complete
>> disk-label.fs had that same assumption, I went ahead and renamed "block"
>> across the file.
>
> No, I said that "block" in that stack comment was misleading.  Nothing more.
>
> Since the word "block" is used all over the file (as your patch size shows),
> a short name is much better than a longer name, esp. if that shorter name
> actually is more expressive.

Sure, will resend dropping this patch.

Regards,
Nikunj