linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] perf: Add persistent event facilities

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Message-ID: <20130625093706.GA18612@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:37:06 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] perf: Add persistent event facilities

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:24:39AM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 25.06.13 09:44:01, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Elsewhere in this series you use 'pers' to shorten things; it reads a
> > bit odd to me because 'pers' is the Dutch word for press (both meanings
> > transfer) but that is just something I'll have to live with isn't it ;-)
> > 
> > As for tracepoint, it seems common to shorten that to tp; which always
> > reminds me of toilet paper, but I suppose more people suffer from that.
> > 
> > Yielding: perf_add_pers_tp() 
> > 
> > which I read as adding pressed toilet paper.. a well :-)
> 
> Better we avoid this, don't wonat you misread the code. ;)
> 
> I also see 'pers_' not as an optimum since it could be mixed-up easily
> with 'perf_'. Maybe we take 'persist_' instead?

Yep, although it reads wrong:

perf_add_persist_event

Another not really optimal idea would be to call them sticky events:

perf_add_sticky_event.

Also funny.

Then there's

perf_add_prstnt_event

Also, not really great.

Hmmm.. I got nothing so far...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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