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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:21:05 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation

On Wed 2017-12-13 14:16:40, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 13-12-17 14:09:00, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Wed 2017-12-13 14:04:58, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Wed 13-12-17 13:55:40, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > On Wed 2017-12-13 10:31:10, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > >     -- Expand the documentation to discuss the hazards in
> > > > >        enough detail to allow avoiding them.
> > > > > 
> > > > >     -- Mention the upcoming MAP_FIXED_SAFE flag.
> > > > 
> > > > Pretty map everyone agreed MAP_FIXED_SAFE was a bad
> > > > name. MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE (IIRC) was best replacement.
> > > 
> > > Please read http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@kernel.org
> > 
> > Please fix your patches according to the feedback...
> > 
> > NACCKED-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
> 
> Good luck pursuing this further then. I am not going to spend time on
> naming bikeheds. I have more pressing stuff to work on.

You selected stupid name for a flag. Everyone and their dog agrees
with that. There's even consensus on better name (and everyone agrees
it is better than .._SAFE). Of course, we could have debate if it is
NOREPLACE or NOREMOVE or ... and that would be bikeshed. This was just
poor naming on your part.
									Pavel
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