linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 4/8] rcu: Get rid of old c variable from places in tree RCU

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 17:41:52 -0700
From:   Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>, byungchul.park@....com,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 4/8] rcu: Get rid of old c variable from places in
 tree RCU

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:57:39AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 08:15:37PM -0700, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> > The 'c' variable was used previously to store the grace period
> > that is being requested. However it is not very meaningful for
> > a code reader, this patch replaces it with gp_seq_start indicating that
> 
> Good catch, but how about "gp_seq_req" instead of gp_seq_start?

Yes, that works as well and is also 2 character less. Will change it.

thanks,

- Joel