linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 04/12] mm/ioremap: rename ioremap_*_range to vmap_*

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Message-ID: <20210124113636.GD694255@infradead.org>
Date:   Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:36:36 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 04/12] mm/ioremap: rename ioremap_*_range to
 vmap_*_range

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 06:22:22PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> This will be used as a generic kernel virtual mapping function, so
> re-name it in preparation.

The new name looks ok, but shouldn't it also move to vmalloc.c with
the more generic name and purpose?