Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: add new mmgrab() helper | From | Vegard Nossum <> | Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:20:40 +0100 |
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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
Vegard
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