linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drbd: rename "usermode_helper" to "drbd_usermode

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Date:   Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:50:42 +0200
From:   Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>,
        drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drbd: rename "usermode_helper" to "drbd_usermode_helper"

On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 11:26:23AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> Nothing like having a very generic global variable in a tiny driver
> subsystem to make a mess of the global namespace...
> 
> Note, there are many other "generic" named global variables in the drbd
> subsystem, someone should fix those up one day before they hit a linking
> error.

Thanks. We'll prepare a patch to that effect, probably converting some
of them to static, fixing up the rest, and submit with the updates for
the next merge window.

    Lars