linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/5] futex: Throughput-optimized (TO) futexes

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Message-ID: <57E319BE.2050208@hpe.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:37:34 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <waiman.long@....com>
To:     Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
CC:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Jason Low <jason.low2@....com>,
        Scott J Norton <scott.norton@....com>,
        Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/5] futex: Throughput-optimized (TO) futexes

On 09/21/2016 02:59 AM, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 09:42 -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> This patch introduces a new futex implementation called
>> throughput-optimized (TO) futexes.
> nit: 'TO' sounds way too much like timeout... TP?  You even use 'to' as
> shorthand for timeout in the next patch.

I agree. I am not that satisfied with the TO name. So I will change it 
to TP in my next revision of the patch. Thanks for the suggestion.

Cheers,
Longman