linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 05/15] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature

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Date:   Tue, 16 May 2017 16:18:46 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, walken@...gle.com,
        boqun.feng@...il.com, kirill@...temov.name,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        willy@...radead.org, npiggin@...il.com, kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/15] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 02:40:44PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 12:17:47PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > My complaint is mostly about naming.. and "hist_gen_id" might be a
> > better name.
> 
> Ah, I also think the name, 'work_id', is not good... and frankly I am
> not sure if 'hist_gen_id' is good, either. What about to apply 'rollback',
> which I did for locks in irq, into works of workqueues? If you say yes,
> I will try to do it.

If the rollback thing works, that's fine too. If it gets ugly, stick
with something like 'hist_id'.