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

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Message-ID: <20140604163945.GA26429@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2014 18:39:45 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] uprobes/x86: Rename arch_uprobe->def into ->dflt,
	minor comment updates

On 06/04, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>
> (2014/06/04 4:13), Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > On 06/03, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
> >
> > Not only, ->fixups encodes other flags. and ->ilen is used by UPROBE_FIX_CALL.
> >
> > arch_uprobe->def contains the arguments for default_xol_ops methods, currently
> > this handles everything except relative jmp/call insns.
> >
> > So perhaps ->dflt is not that ugly in this case? I simply do not see anything
> > better. But again, I agree with any name in advance.
>
> Hmm, how about ->defparam ? :)

Fine with me ;)

Ingo, will you agree with s/def/defparam/ ?

Oleg.

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