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: <20200120003628.GC26292@richard>
Date:   Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:36:28 +0800
From:   Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:     Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>,
        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, Jan 19, 2020 at 02:07:04PM -0800, David Rientjes wrote:
>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.

I am ok with this, while would it be confusing for review?

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Wei Yang
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