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Message-ID: <20150803191816.GC25159@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2015 21:18:16 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, jasonbaron0@...il.com, bp@...en8.de,
	luto@...capital.net, tglx@...utronix.de, will.deacon@....com,
	liuj97@...il.com, rabin@....in, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	ddaney@...iumnetworks.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	michael@...erman.id.au, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 6/8] jump_label: Add a new static_key interface

On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 03:03:59PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> I wonder if static_branch_set_false(&blah) would be a better name to
> understand. What does "disable" / "enable" mean?

"make false" / "make true" ? Check a local dictionary.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=enable

"2. computing: make (a device or system) operational; active"

A value can be true/false, an action that makes true/false is
enable/disable.



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