linux-kernel - Re: [patch 28/28] posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks

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Date:	Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:37:02 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
cc:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@...cron.at>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 28/28] posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Richard Cochran wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 01:49:47PM -0800, john stultz wrote:
> > I sort of worry about the naming collision with the term posix-clock, as
> > this is just one type of posix clock (I suspect most folks think of a
> > posix clock as the clockid passed to the existing posix api).
> > 
> > Could we maybe use posix-dynclock or posix-fdclock or something? I know
> > its already been changed from clkdev, so sorry for being finicky here
> > and not catching this earlier.
> 
> A rose by any other name...
> 
> I agree that naming (even internal APIs) is important and have no
> objection to changing the name. I did spend a bit of time considering
> various alternatives, and now I'm out of ideas.
> 
> So, please do change the name if you have a better one.

We have a clear distinction between posix-timers and those new
posix-clocks. Adding some artificial "fd", "dyn" or whatever will not
make it much better.

Thanks,

	tglx
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