linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three

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Message-ID: <20070517220144.GB10756@mail.shareable.org>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 23:01:44 +0100
From:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, akpm@...l.org,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	Albert Cahalan <acahalan@...il.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three

Jörn Engel wrote:
> > Almost all your static functions start with logfs_, why not this one?
> 
> Because after a while I discovered how silly it is to start every
> function with logfs_.  That prefix doesn't add much unless the function
> has global scope.  What I didn't do was remove the prefix from older
> functions.

It's handy when debugging or showing detailed backtraces.  Not that
I'm advocating it (or not), just something I've noticed in other
programs.

-- Jamie
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