linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description locks

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Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:46:20 +1000
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	"Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" <metze@...ba.org>,
	Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org,
	Ganesha NFS List <nfs-ganesha-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@...hat.com>,
	libc-alpha <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description
 locks

On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:23:21 -0400 Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> wrote:


> I sent a pull request to Linus last week and he merged the patches over
> the weekend. So yes, this ship has sailed unless someone feels strongly
> enough about it to roll up the patches to change it.
> 
> I think we'll probably come to know these as "O.F.D. locks" over the long
> run. Not a wonderful name, but I can live with it.

I've managed to train my brain that "of_" means "device tree".  Coping with
"ofd" meaning "per-open" should be too hard.

:-)

NeilBrown

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