linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm/page_alloc.c: rename free_pages_check_bad() to check_free_page

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2001191406270.43388@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:   Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:07:04 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm/page_alloc.c: rename free_pages_check_bad() to
 check_free_page_bad()

On Sun, 19 Jan 2020, Wei Yang wrote:

> free_pages_check_bad() is the counterpart of check_new_page_bad(), while
> their naming convention is a little different.
> 
> Use verb at first and singular form.
> 

I think if you agree with the suggestion in patch 1/4 to fix the issue 
with bad page reporting that it would likely be better to fold patches 2 
and 3 into that change.