Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Make place for common balloon code

Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Make place for common balloon code

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:41:14PM +0300, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> File already contains code that is common along balloon
> drivers so rename it to reflect its contents.
> mm/balloon_compaction.c -> mm/balloon_common.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Atanasov <alexander.atanasov@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                              | 4 ++--
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c                     | 2 +-
>  drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c                               | 2 +-
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c                          | 2 +-
>  include/linux/{balloon_compaction.h => balloon_common.h} | 2 +-
>  mm/Makefile                                              | 2 +-
>  mm/{balloon_compaction.c => balloon_common.c}            | 4 ++--
>  mm/migrate.c                                             | 2 +-
>  mm/vmscan.c                                              | 2 +-
>  9 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>  rename include/linux/{balloon_compaction.h => balloon_common.h} (99%)

Why rename the .h file?  It still handles the "balloon compaction"
logic.

thanks,

greg k-h
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Make place for common balloon code

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 02:47:22PM +0300, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 16.08.22 12:49, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:41:14PM +0300, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> 
> > >   rename include/linux/{balloon_compaction.h => balloon_common.h} (99%)
> > 
> > Why rename the .h file?  It still handles the "balloon compaction"
> > logic.
> 
> File contains code that is common to balloon drivers,
> compaction is only part of it. Series add more code to it.
> Since it was suggested to use it for such common code.
> I find that common becomes a better name for it so the rename.
> I can drop the rename easy on next iteration if you suggest to.

"balloon_common.h" is very vague, you should only need one balloon.h
file in the include/linux/ directory, right, so of course it is "common"
:)

thanks,

greg "naming is hard" k-h
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Make place for common balloon code

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 01:56:32PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 02:47:22PM +0300, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On 16.08.22 12:49, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:41:14PM +0300, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> > 
> > > >   rename include/linux/{balloon_compaction.h => balloon_common.h} (99%)
> > > 
> > > Why rename the .h file?  It still handles the "balloon compaction"
> > > logic.
> > 
> > File contains code that is common to balloon drivers,
> > compaction is only part of it. Series add more code to it.
> > Since it was suggested to use it for such common code.
> > I find that common becomes a better name for it so the rename.
> > I can drop the rename easy on next iteration if you suggest to.
> 
> "balloon_common.h" is very vague, you should only need one balloon.h
> file in the include/linux/ directory, right, so of course it is "common"
> :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg "naming is hard" k-h

Yea, just call it balloon.h and balloon.c then.

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