linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] futex: Cleanup variable names for futex_top

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Message-ID: <20161003101549.719b221f@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 3 Oct 2016 10:15:49 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, juri.lelli@....com,
        xlpang@...hat.com, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        jdesfossez@...icios.com, bristot@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] futex: Cleanup variable names for
 futex_top_waiter()

On Mon, 03 Oct 2016 11:12:35 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> futex_top_waiter() returns the top-waiter on the pi_mutex. Assinging
> this to a variable 'match' totally obscures the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

Nice!

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve