linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/10] psi: pressure stall information for CPU, memory, and IO v2

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:54:05 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Vinayak Menon <vinmenon@...eaurora.org>,
        Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/10] psi: pressure stall information for CPU, memory, and
 IO v2

On 07/30/2018 10:51 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 07:39:40PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>> I'd rather have the internal config symbol match the naming scheme in
>>> the code, where psi is a shorter, unique token as copmared to e.g.
>>> pressure, press, prsr, etc.
>>
>> I'd do "pressure", really. Yes, psi is shorter, but I'd say that
>> length is not really important there.
> 
> This is an extreme bikeshedding without any relevance.  You can make
> suggestions but please lay it to the rest.  There isn't any general
> consensus against the current name and you're just trying to push your
> favorite name without proper justifications after contributing nothing
> to the project.  Please stop.
> 
> Thanks.

I'd say he's trying to make something that is readable and easier to
understand for users.

Thanks.


-- 
~Randy