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From: Zach Brown <zab@zabbo.net>
To: suparna@in.ibm.com
Cc: linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	bcrl@kvack.org, wli@holomorphy.com, mason@suse.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] Rename __lock_page to lock_page_slow
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:52:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42C18055.9040202@zabbo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050620162404.GB5380@in.ibm.com>


I have to whine at least once about obscure names :)

> -void fastcall __lock_page(struct page *page)
> +void fastcall lock_page_slow(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);
>  
>  	__wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sync_page,
>  							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_page);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_page_slow);

Can we chose a name that describes what it does?  Something like
lock_page_wait_on_locked()?

- z

  reply	other threads:[~2005-06-28 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-20 12:01 Pending AIO work/patches Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 13:13 ` Trond Myklebust
2005-06-20 14:32 ` Sébastien Dugué
2005-06-20 16:01 ` [PATCH 0/6] Integrate AIO with wait-bit based filtered wakeups Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 16:20   ` [PATCH 1/6] Add a wait queue argument to wait_bit action() Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 16:24   ` [PATCH 2/6] Rename __lock_page to lock_page_slow Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-28 16:52     ` Zach Brown [this message]
2005-06-29  9:51       ` Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-07-24 22:17     ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-24 22:36       ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-26  1:10         ` Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 16:28   ` [PATCH 3/6] Interfaces to initialize and to test a wait_bit key Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 16:30   ` [PATCH 4/6] Add default io wait bit field in task struct Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 16:33   ` [PATCH 5/6] AIO wait bit and AIO wake bit for filtered wakeups Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 16:36   ` [PATCH 6/6] AIO wait page and AIO lock page Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-30 15:49   ` [PATCH 0/6] Integrate AIO with wait-bit based filtered wakeups Sébastien Dugué
2005-07-01  7:37     ` Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-20 18:10 ` Pending AIO work/patches Benjamin LaHaise
2005-06-20 18:51   ` Zach Brown
2005-06-21  7:36   ` Sébastien Dugué
2005-06-21 19:03 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-24 10:49 ` [PATCH 0/2] Buffered filesystem AIO read/write Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-24 11:21   ` [PATCH 1/2] Filesystem AIO read Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-24 11:40   ` [PATCH 2/2] Filesystem AIO write Suparna Bhattacharya
2005-06-24 16:10   ` [PATCH 0/2] Buffered filesystem AIO read/write Jeremy Allison
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-11-03  9:10 [PATCH 0/6] AIO wait bit support Suparna Bhattacharya
2004-11-03  9:14 ` [PATCH 2/6] Rename __lock_page to lock_page_slow Suparna Bhattacharya

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