linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/18] perf metric: Rename group

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:32:44 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        "Paul A. Clarke" <pc@...ibm.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/18] perf metric: Rename group_list to list

On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 11:04:08AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 6:27 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Following the previous change that rename egroup
> > to metric, there's no reason to call the list
> > 'group_list' anymore, renaming it to list.
> 
> List doesn't seem to be adding information beyond the data type. I
> would prefer something like metric_list as it gives a clue what's in
> the list. It's a shame we can't have templated lists, if we did then
> my data type argument would apply and so maybe output_list would add
> information. Probably to save space metric_list is best.

ok, will change to metric_list

thanks,
jirka