linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 17/24] perf config: Collect configs to handle config variables

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Date:	Fri, 4 Mar 2016 22:58:48 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@...il.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	perf group <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 17/24] perf config: Collect configs to handle config
 variables

Hi Taeung,

On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 09:45:44PM +0900, Taeung Song wrote:
> Hi, Namhyung and all
> 
> (I'm modifying this patch to be tidy)
> I have a mere question about name of a variable for
> current config list that contains section list which has key-value
> pairs from ~/.perfconfig or $(sysconfdir)/perfconfig config file.
> 
> (This variable is designed to be used by several functions
> that handle config information(key-value pairs).)
> 
> I used 'sections' for this variable (type is 'struct list_head'),
> but IMHO, I think that renaming it is better e.g.
> 
> 1) 'cfglist'
> 2) 'configlist'
> 3) 'config_list'
> 4) 'cfgset'
> 5) 'configset'
> 6) 'config_set'
> ... :-\
> 
> It is trivial question,
> but I wanna know a opinion of other people. :-)

I'd go with 3 or 6.  Or simply 'configs' or 'perf_configs' is fine for
me.

Thanks,
Namhyung