Re: [PATCH -v2 00/49] Simplify, reorganize and clean up the x86 text-patching code (alternative.c)

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 02:26:15PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> This series has 3 main parts:
> 
> (1)
> 
> The first part of this series performs a thorough text-patching API namespace
> cleanup discussed with Linus for the -v1 series:
> 
> 	# boot/UP APIs & single-thread helpers:
> 
> 						text_poke()
> 						text_poke_kgdb()
> 	[ unchanged APIs: ]			text_poke_copy()
> 						text_poke_copy_locked()
> 						text_poke_set()
> 
> 						text_poke_addr()
> 
> 	# SMP API & helpers namespace:
> 
> 	text_poke_bp()			=>	smp_text_poke_single()
> 	text_poke_loc_init()		=>	__smp_text_poke_batch_add()
> 	text_poke_queue()		=>	smp_text_poke_batch_add()
> 	text_poke_finish()		=>	smp_text_poke_batch_finish()
> 
> 	text_poke_flush()		=>	[removed]
> 
> 	text_poke_bp_batch()		=>	smp_text_poke_batch_process()
> 	poke_int3_handler()		=>	smp_text_poke_int3_trap_handler()
>         text_poke_sync()		=>	smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu()
> 

Not sure I like that; smp_text_poke_ is a bit of a mouth full, esp. if
you're then adding even more text.

Do we really need function names this long?