linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename page dtor functions to {compound,huge,transhuge}_page_

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:22:14 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     changbin.du@...el.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, corbet@....net,
        hughd@...gle.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename page dtor functions to
 {compound,huge,transhuge}_page__dtor

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 12:22:03PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 16-10-17 17:19:17, changbin.du@...el.com wrote:
> > From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...el.com>
> > 
> > The current name free_{huge,transhuge}_page are paired with
> > alloc_{huge,transhuge}_page functions, but the actual page free
> > function is still free_page() which will indirectly call
> > free_{huge,transhuge}_page. So this patch removes this confusion
> > by renaming all the compound page dtors.
> 
> Is this code churn really worth it?

Getting naming straight is kinda nit. :)

But I don't feel strong either way.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov