linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] iommu/vt-d: Add first level page table interfaces

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Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:30:50 +0800
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>, kevin.tian@...el.com,
        Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        sanjay.k.kumar@...el.com, yi.y.sun@...el.com,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] iommu/vt-d: Add first level page table interfaces

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 09:38:53AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> > > intel_mmmap_range(domain, addr, end, phys_addr, prot)
> > 
> > Maybe think of a different name..? mmmap seems a bit weird :-)
> 
> Yes. I don't like it either. I've thought about it and haven't
> figured out a satisfied one. Do you have any suggestions?

How about at least split the word using "_"?  Like "mm_map", then
apply it to all the "mmm*" prefixes.  Otherwise it'll be easily
misread as mmap() which is totally irrelevant to this...

Regards,

-- 
Peter Xu