linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, slab: rename kmalloc-node cache to kmalloc-<size>

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1702060854330.27871@east.gentwo.org>
Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:55:37 -0600 (CST)
From:   Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, slab: rename kmalloc-node cache to kmalloc-<size>

On Mon, 6 Feb 2017, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> Could we lose the 'get_' from the front?  I think 'kmalloc_cache_name()' is
> just as informative.

Hmmm.. Expose the static array in mm/slab.h instead? There may be other
cases in which the allocator specific code may need that information.