linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 07/25] mm: Rename various 'offset' parameters to 'index'

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Message-ID: <0681AC00-BFA7-4C1B-9E92-6B36FA906924@nvidia.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:13:30 -0500
From:   Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
CC:     <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        <cluster-devel@...hat.com>, <ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com>,
        <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 07/25] mm: Rename various 'offset' parameters to
 'index'

On 25 Feb 2020, at 16:48, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
>
> The word 'offset' is used ambiguously to mean 'byte offset within
> a page', 'byte offset from the start of the file' and 'page offset
> from the start of the file'.  Use 'index' to mean 'page offset
> from the start of the file' throughout the readahead code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>

—
Best Regards,
Yan Zi

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