linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] jump label: introduce static

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Date:	Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:46:36 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>, peterz@...radead.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, andi@...stfloor.org, roland@...hat.com,
	rth@...hat.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com, avi@...hat.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, sam@...nborg.org, ddaney@...iumnetworks.com,
	michael@...erman.id.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] jump label: introduce static_branch()

On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 18:15 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 10:43:12AM -0500, Jason Baron wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
> > index 152f7de..0ad9c2e 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
> > @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ struct module;
> >  
> >  #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
> >  
> > +static __always_inline bool static_branch(struct jump_label_key *key)
> > +{
> > +	return __static_branch(key);
> 
> Not very important, but __static_branch() would be more self-explained
> if it was called arch_static_branch().

I disagree, I think it is very important ;-)

Yes, the kernel has been moving to adding "arch_" to functions that are
implemented dependently by different archs. Please change this to
"arch_static_branch()".

Thanks,

-- Steve


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