linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: Rename all existing 'memhp' into 'mhp'

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:25:10 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, david@...hat.com,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: Rename all existing 'memhp' into 'mhp'

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 02:21:02PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/25/21 1:56 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 11:24:53AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> >> This renames all 'memhp' instances to 'mhp' except for memhp_default_state
> >> for being a kernel command line option. This is just a clean up and should
> >> not cause a functional change.
> > 
> > THat says _what_ you are doing, but I have no idea _why_ this is needed
> > for anything...
> 
> There is a series [1] which adds some new hotplug functions starting
> with mhp_ (after deciding in its favor rather than memhp_). We should
> have a common naming scheme either memhp_ based or mhp_ based but not
> mixed. As it was proposed [2] to go with mhp_ based names instead, all
> the existing memhp_ needed renaming. Hence the this patch.

And how was I supposed to know any of this by reading the changelog
text?  (hint, it needs to go in there...)

thanks,

greg k-h