linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: rename API for requests to match bit operations

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Message-ID: <69dff1a5-6af4-ce1e-bb5c-3e3adb1ee6ae@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:54:09 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
        James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: rename API for requests to match bit
 operations

Am 24.02.2017 um 20:49 schrieb Radim Krčmář:
> kvm_make_request was a wrapper that added barriers to set_bit and
> kvm_check_request did the same for test_bit and check_bit, but the name
> was not very obvious.
> 
> The renaming:
>   kvm_request_set            <- kvm_make_request
>   kvm_request_test_and_clear <- kvm_check_request
> 

What about kvm_req_set() / kvm_req_test_and_clear()

Matches the request bit definitions (KVM_REQ_*) and saves a couple of
characters.

Anyhow

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David