linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH -v2 3/4] perf: Add persistent event facilities

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Date:	Sun, 9 Dec 2012 13:06:03 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH -v2 3/4] perf: Add persistent event facilities

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:12:35PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 19:45 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >  
> > -static void ring_buffer_put(struct ring_buffer *rb)
> > +void ring_buffer_put(struct ring_buffer *rb)
> >  {
> >  	struct perf_event *event, *n;
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> 
> I have to say that it is really unfortunate that we have two ring
> buffers in the kernel, called struct ring_buffer. One being global and
> one being local to events. And now we are exporting the name
> "ring_buffer_*" too! This is going to confuse the hell out of people.
> 
> Perhaps this should have been called perf_buffer, as that is what it's
> used for.

How about we prepend all non-static stuff which is part of the perf ring
buffer with "perf_" ?

This way we'll have perf_ring_buffer_put() and the namespace is still
short enough and tells you exactly which buffer we're talking about.

Hmm?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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