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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] mm: add new mmgrab() helper
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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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