From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D251C433EF for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:46:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B84208E9 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:46:43 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E0B84208E9 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755425AbeFNOqm (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:46:42 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:57718 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755092AbeFNOqj (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:46:39 -0400 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga004.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.38]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 Jun 2018 07:46:38 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.51,222,1526367600"; d="scan'208";a="208088552" Received: from smile.fi.intel.com (HELO smile) ([10.237.72.86]) by orsmga004.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 14 Jun 2018 07:46:36 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: bitmap namespace conflict From: Andy Shevchenko To: Shaohua Li , Dmitry Torokhov , arnd@arndb.de, Andrew Morton Cc: linux-raid , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:46:36 +0300 Organization: Intel Finland Oy Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.1-2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! There is a potential name space collision with bitmap API vs. MD bitmaps (whatever it is). Since I'm about to submit some extension to bitmap API, I would like as a preparatory patch to rename all bitmap_* in drivers/md to md_bitmap_* to avoid real conflict with my patch series [1], i.e. bitmap_free(). Opinions? Better proposals? [1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10442771/ Almost RFC version -- Andy Shevchenko Intel Finland Oy