linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 14/18] static_call: Add static_cond

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Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 18:17:01 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, bristot@...hat.com, jbaron@...mai.com,
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        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/18] static_call: Add static_cond_call()

On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 10:47:04AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> And if you're calling it
> 
>   DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_NULL
> 
> then it seems like
> 
>   ARCH_DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_NULL
> 
> would be the logical name rather than RETTRAMP?

But that looses the TRAMP, and ARCH_DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_NULL_TRAMP so
damn long, then again, it's only 2 chars more than what I have now,
sure, lets do it.

> Still not crazy about static_cond_call(), though I think at least
> changing it to static_call_cond() would be better for namespacing
> reasons.

Done.