linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, ioapic: Clean up ioapic/apic

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:29:49 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@...com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, ioapic: Clean up ioapic/apic_id usage


* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:

> 
> While looking at the code, apic_id sometime is referred to index of ioapic, but
> sometime is used for real apic id. and some even use apic for real apic id.
> It is very confusing.
> 
> So try to limit apic_id to be real apic id for ioapic.
> and use ioapic for ioapic index in the array.

Yes, consistency and unambiguity is good - please make it ioapic_id 
and ioapic_idx.

('apic_id' can be confused with a local APIC id, and 'ioapic' can be 
confused with an ioapic ID.)

Thanks,

	Ingo
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