linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] signalfd: add ability to choose a private or shared queue

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Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2013 20:12:56 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	criu@...nvz.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] signalfd: add ability to choose a private or
	shared queue

On 02/08, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>
> I'd greatly prefer names that really say what these things are. Thus:
>
> SFD_PROCESS_QUEUE + SFD_THREAD_QUEUE
> or
> SFD_PROCESS_WIDE_QUEUE + SFD_PER_THREAD_QUEUE
> or
> SFD_PROCESS_Q + SFD_THREAD_Q
> or
> [some consistent variation of the above]

I am fine either way.

But again, perhaps ioctl/ptrace is better.

Oleg.

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