linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

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Date:   Wed, 5 Sep 2018 12:04:36 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        davem@...emloft.net,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        mingo@...hat.com, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        mhocko@...e.com, paul.burton@...s.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, tony.luck@...el.com,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning
 virtual address

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> The conversion is done using
>
> sed -i 's@...block_virt_alloc@...block_alloc@g' \
>         $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)

What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
mechanical change.

Rob