linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uprobes/x86: Rename arch_uprobe->def into ->dflt, minor comment updates

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2014 20:39:19 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uprobes/x86: Rename arch_uprobe->def into ->dflt, minor
 comment updates


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:

> On 06/03, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uprobes.h
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uprobes.h
> > > @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct arch_uprobe {
> > >  		struct {
> > >  			u8	fixups;
> > >  			u8	ilen;
> > > -		} 			def;
> > > +		} 			dflt;
> >
> > Pls lts nt use slly abbrvtns, ok?
> 
> OK. As I said in the previous dicussion, I agree with any naming.
> 
> > How about arch_uprobe->default?
> 
> And this is how it was named when I wrote this code. Unfortunately gcc
> dislikes this name ;) So I renamed it to ->def. Then I was asked to
> rename it and I agree, ->def doesn't look good.
> 
> Could you suggest something better?

So exactly what do those fields do? If it's scratch register handling, 
would it be logical to name it arch_uprobe->scratch, or so?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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