linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/35] UBI: Split __wl_get

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Message-ID: <1415260306.958.158.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:51:46 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tlinder@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/35] UBI: Split __wl_get_peb()

On Wed, 2014-10-29 at 13:45 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> Make it two functions, wl_get_wle() and wl_get_peb().
> wl_get_peb() works exactly like __wl_get_peb() but wl_get_wle()
> does not call produce_free_peb().
> While refilling the fastmap user pool we cannot release ubi->wl_lock
> as produce_free_peb() does.
> Hence the fastmap logic uses now wl_get_wle().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

Please, re-consider naming.

The convention is that non-static function names start with ubi_wl_*.
Static function names start with _*.

Also, please add a comment above the functions explaining what it does.

Artem.


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