linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] dm: Avoid namespace collision with bitmap API

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Message-ID: <20180702191146.GA22796@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 15:11:47 -0400
From:   Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] dm: Avoid namespace collision with bitmap API

On Sat, Jun 30 2018 at  4:17pm -0400,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> bitmap API (include/linux/bitmap.h) has 'bitmap' prefix for its methods.
> 
> On the other hand DM bitmap API is special case.
> Adding 'dm' prefix to it to avoid potential name space collision.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Suggested-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>