linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 03/10] mm: rename slab delayed deactivation functions and fields

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Message-ID: <20190609121328.xaumeyhu7an6qpru@esperanza>
Date:   Sun, 9 Jun 2019 15:13:28 +0300
From:   Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
To:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/10] mm: rename slab delayed deactivation functions
 and fields

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 07:44:47PM -0700, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> The delayed work/rcu deactivation infrastructure of non-root
> kmem_caches can be also used for asynchronous release of these
> objects. Let's get rid of the word "deactivation" in corresponding
> names to make the code look better after generalization.
> 
> It's easier to make the renaming first, so that the generalized
> code will look consistent from scratch.
> 
> Let's rename struct memcg_cache_params fields:
>   deact_fn -> work_fn
>   deact_rcu_head -> rcu_head
>   deact_work -> work
> 
> And RCU/delayed work callbacks in slab common code:
>   kmemcg_deactivate_rcufn -> kmemcg_rcufn
>   kmemcg_deactivate_workfn -> kmemcg_workfn
> 
> This patch contains no functional changes, only renamings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>

Acked-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>