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SubjectRe: [PATCH 15/35] x86: make 64 bit use early_res instead of bootmem before slab
On 02/09/2010 01:45 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>> /**
>> * roundup_pow_of_two - round the given value up to nearest power of two
>> * @n - parameter
>> *
>
> Hah. Naming can be a real headache with small, common operations.
>
> At the same time, round_up() versus roundup() is a source of some
> serious confusion. roundup_bin() might be a better name... I don't know.
>

On the other hand... if we're doing a renaming patchset at some point
(which would be necessary anyway, since all these interfaces have
users), perhaps we should change roundup_pow_of_two() to
next_power_of_two() or something like that.

-hpa



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