linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, mm: add generic kernel/ident mapping helper

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Date:	Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:39:26 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, mm: add generic kernel/ident mapping helper

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:13:06AM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> so will stay with alloc.

"alloc" is too generic. So call it 'get_one_pgt_page' or
'alloc_pgt_page' or something descriptive to say what it does than
simply 'alloc'. 'alloc' can be anything - it could mean allocation hints
or flags or whatever you feel like at that particular time of day :-).

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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