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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 03/14] perf: Add persistent event facilities
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:24:39AM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 25.06.13 09:44:01, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Elsewhere in this series you use 'pers' to shorten things; it reads a
> > bit odd to me because 'pers' is the Dutch word for press (both meanings
> > transfer) but that is just something I'll have to live with isn't it ;-)
> >
> > As for tracepoint, it seems common to shorten that to tp; which always
> > reminds me of toilet paper, but I suppose more people suffer from that.
> >
> > Yielding: perf_add_pers_tp()
> >
> > which I read as adding pressed toilet paper.. a well :-)
>
> Better we avoid this, don't wonat you misread the code. ;)
>
> I also see 'pers_' not as an optimum since it could be mixed-up easily
> with 'perf_'. Maybe we take 'persist_' instead?

Yep, although it reads wrong:

perf_add_persist_event

Another not really optimal idea would be to call them sticky events:

perf_add_sticky_event.

Also funny.

Then there's

perf_add_prstnt_event

Also, not really great.

Hmmm.. I got nothing so far...

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