Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:36:15 +0100 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: add new mmgrab() helper |
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On Fri 16-12-16 11:20:40, Vegard Nossum wrote: > On 12/16/2016 11:19 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:56:24AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > But I must say mmget() vs mmgrab() is a wee bit confusing. > > > > mm_count vs mm_users is not very clear too. :) > > > > I was about to say, I'm not sure it's much better than mmput() vs > mmdrop() or mm_users vs mm_count either, although the way I rationalised > it was the 3 vs 4 letters: > > mmget() -- mmgrab() > mmput() -- mmdrop() > ^^^ 3 ^^^^ 4
get -> put grab -> drop
makes sense to me... No idea about a much more clear name. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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