linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] v3 Add new phys

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Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:04 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...tin.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] v3 Add new phys_index properties

On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 08:24 -0500, Nathan Fontenot wrote:
> Update the 'phys_index' properties of a memory block to include a
> 'start_phys_index' which is the same as the current 'phys_index' property.
> This also adds an 'end_phys_index' property to indicate the id of the
> last section in th memory block.
> 
> Patch updated to keep the name of the phys_index property instead of
> renaming it to start_phys_index.

KAME is right on this.  We should keep the old one if at all possible.  

The only other thing we might want to do is move 'phys_index' to
'start_phys_index', and make a new 'phys_index' that does a WARN_ONCE(),
gives a deprecated warning, then calls the new 'start_phys_index' code.

So, basically make the new, more clear name, but keep the old one for a
while and deprecate it.  Maybe we could get away with removing it in ten
years. :)

-- Dave

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