linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] slub: rename cpuslab_flush to cpu_slab

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Date:	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:39:39 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] slub: rename cpuslab_flush to cpu_slab_flush

Hi David,

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:
> There is already a `cpu_slabs' file to display the number of cpu slabs,
> so cpuslab_flush should follow this pattern.
>
> The first documentation of this file will be in a subsequent patch that
> adds Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab, so no stable guarantee
> has been made that the name of this file would not change.

I'm afraid I don't have enough asbestos in my underwear to try to
sneak this one past Linus.

A kernel ABI is an ABI even if it's not documented. Now, I wouldn't
mind getting flamed if we actually gained something from the change.
But just fixing a simple typo in sysfs files is not big enough a
reason for me to merge the patch.

That said, I love the second patch though and am more than happy to take it.

                                          Pekka
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