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

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Message-ID: <20130625152941.GD4855@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:29:41 +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 12:51:35PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 25.06.13 11:37:06, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:24:39AM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> > > 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
> 
> We could use persist_ as prefix for static functions and use the long
> versions for the interface only.
> 
> But all this is a bit bikeshedding. I am sure we find something.

How about

perf_add_pevent?

It is nice and short, although maybe too short but "pevent" is almost
like a special term and the name shows that it is a special type of
event, i.e. a p-event.

:-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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