linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] kfifo: rename kfifo_put... into kfifo_in... and kfifo_get... into kfifo

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Message-ID: <4A8D1E2E.1010006@csr.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:58:06 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@....com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Amerigo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] kfifo: rename kfifo_put... into kfifo_in... and kfifo_get...
 into kfifo_out...

Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 23:00 +0200, Stefani Seibold wrote:
>> rename kfifo_put... into kfifo_in... to prevent miss use of old non in kernel-tree drivers
>> ditto for kfifo_get... -> kfifo_out...
> 
> I would have thought
> 	kfifo_put -> kfifo_out
> 	kfifo_get -> kfifo_in
> but maybe that's just me.

Use push and pull instead?  In and out (whichever way) isn't obvious enough.

David
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