From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754087Ab3KULRt (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:17:49 -0500 Received: from mail-bk0-f42.google.com ([209.85.214.42]:41090 "EHLO mail-bk0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751225Ab3KULRs (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:17:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:17:44 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Borislav Petkov Cc: LKML , Borislav Petkov , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Jiri Olsa , Peter Zijlstra , Robert Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Move fs.* to generic lib/lk/ Message-ID: <20131121111744.GA27513@gmail.com> References: <1384984585-24300-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <20131121073410.GA16971@gmail.com> <20131121100722.GA25459@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131121100722.GA25459@pd.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 08:34:10AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Ouch, the naming is horrible, what does 'lk' stand for? > > "linux kernel" :-) > > > Please rename it to something sensible before it spreads. > > > > libkernel.so and tools/lib/kernel/ would be perfect I think. > > However, now that I think of it, the naming is kinda imprecise > having only "kernel" in it - it only denotes that it is a library of > stuff that has grown in the kernel. > > So how about > > tools/lib/ktools/ > tools/lib/kutils/ > tools/lib/kernel-tools/ > tools/lib/kernel-utils/ > ... > > and > > libktools.so > libkutils.so > ... > > ? > > I'd prefer ktools as in the tools/ directory of the kernel repo. So what does each name mean, what would they be used for and what's the difference between them? Thanks, Ingo