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

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Message-ID: <20161005035859.GD32728@linux-80c1.suse>
Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2016 20:58:59 -0700
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, juri.lelli@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, 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, Peter Zijlstra 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>

Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>