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    SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU
    On Sun, 22 Jan 2017, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

    > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 06:00:24PM -0600, Christoph Lameter wrote:
    > > On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
    > >
    > > > Actually, slab is using RCU to provide type safety to those slab users
    > > > who request it.
    > >
    > > Typesafety is a side effect. The main idea here is that the object can
    > > still be accessed in RCU sections after another processor frees the
    > > object. We guarantee that the object is not freed but it may be reused
    > > for another object within the RCU period.
    > >
    > > Can we have a name that expresses all of that properly?
    >
    > But of course!!! "Type safety". http://wiki.c2.com/?TypeSafe

    Well that does not convey the idea that RCU is involved here.

    SLAB_DESTROY_RCU_TYPESAFE

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