linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: rename low latency sockets functions to busy poll

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Message-Id: <20130709.160611.636749585237773459.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:06:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	corbet@....net
Cc:	eliezer.tamir@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	eliezer@...ir.org.il
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: rename low latency sockets functions to
 busy poll

From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 16:25:14 -0600

> On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:20:34 +0300
> Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> Rename POLL_LL to POLL_BUSY_LOOP.
> 
> So pardon me if I speak out of turn, but it occurs to me to
> wonder...should the SO_LL socket option be renamed in a similar fashion
> before this interface escapes into the wild?

Sure and we can rename include/net/ll_poll.h to something more
fitting as well.

I'll make sure this happens before 3.11 gets even close to release.
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