Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:26:25 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] seqlock: Add a new blocking reader type |
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:33:35PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >Folks, any suggestions on better names? The semantics we are getting is > > I will welcome any better name suggestion and will incorporate that > in the patch.
FWIW, the suggestions I've seen so far had been
seq_exreadlock() [ex for exclusive] seq_exclreadlock() [ditto, and IMO fails the "easily read over the phone" test - /sekv-excre...ARRGH/] seq_prot_readlock() [prot for protected, as in DLM protected read]
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