From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754903AbbKMTTc (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:19:32 -0500 Received: from mail-bn1on0093.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.110.93]:20448 "EHLO na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754225AbbKMTTa (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:19:30 -0500 Authentication-Results: spf=pass (sender IP is 63.163.107.173) smtp.mailfrom=sandisk.com; dev.mellanox.co.il; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;dev.mellanox.co.il; dmarc=bestguesspass action=none header.from=sandisk.com; X-AuditID: ac160a69-f79f76d000007db2-36-564637bcfc2e Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] move blk_iopoll to limit and make it generally available To: Christoph Hellwig , References: <1447422410-20891-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <1447422410-20891-2-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> CC: , , , , From: Bart Van Assche Message-ID: <564637BC.7080604@sandisk.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:19:24 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; 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Better suggestions > welcome. Hello Christoph, Would it be possible to provide more background information about this ? Which other kernel subsystem is using the name iopoll ? I think the name blk-iopoll was chosen six years ago for this subsystem (see also https://lwn.net/Articles/346187/). If the conflicting subsystem is newer, how about renaming the other polling mechanism ? Bart.