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Date:	Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:19:45 -0500
From:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, peterz@...radead.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	andi@...stfloor.org, roland@...hat.com, rth@...hat.com,
	masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com, avi@...hat.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, sam@...nborg.org, ddaney@...iumnetworks.com,
	michael@...erman.id.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] jump label: introduce static_branch()

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 10:52:05AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 01/05/2011 09:46 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 18:15 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 10:43:12AM -0500, Jason Baron wrote:
> >>> diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
> >>> index 152f7de..0ad9c2e 100644
> >>> --- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
> >>> +++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
> >>> @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ struct module;
> >>>  
> >>>  #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
> >>>  
> >>> +static __always_inline bool static_branch(struct jump_label_key *key)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	return __static_branch(key);
> >>
> >> Not very important, but __static_branch() would be more self-explained
> >> if it was called arch_static_branch().
> > 
> > I disagree, I think it is very important ;-)
> > 
> > Yes, the kernel has been moving to adding "arch_" to functions that are
> > implemented dependently by different archs. Please change this to
> > "arch_static_branch()".
> > 
> 
> Indeed.  This hugely simplifies knowing where to look and whose
> responsibility it is.
> 
> 	-hpa

agreed. updated.

thanks,

-Jason
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