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Message-Id: <20080215092014.1C49.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:24:22 +0900
From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To: "Ray Lee" <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
Cc: kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, "Paul Jackson" <pj@....com>,
rientjes@...gle.com, Lee.Schermerhorn@...com, mel@....ul.ie,
ak@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, clameter@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions
Hi Ray,
> > > i prefer another name [!relative].
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > I'll give the name some thought myself.
> > I like good names, and this is the right
> > time to get this one right.
>
> 'Relative map' implies a constant offset. What you have there is just
> a map as relmap could be sparse (which, btw, would have been nice to
> have in the example).
>
> map_bitmap violates your naming convention, bitmap_map isn't all that
> clear, bitmap_remap is taken, and while it is one-to-one and onto, I
> think calling it bitmap_bijection would lose everyone except the
> mathematicians. bitmap_onto? bitmap_map_onto? bitmap_map_bitmap_onto?
Thanks for many idea.
I like bitmap_onto and/or bitmap_map_onto. :)
- kosaki
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