linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

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Message-ID: <327c53ee-dcdd-f8a0-b822-208fe6483a96@suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:22:34 +0100
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Net <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux-NFS <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

On 3/12/21 4:43 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Review feedback of the bulk allocator twice found problems with "alloced"
> being a counter for pages allocated. The naming was based on the API name
> "alloc" and was based on the idea that verbal communication about malloc
> tends to use the fake word "malloced" instead of the fake word mallocated.
> To be consistent, this preparation patch renames alloced to allocated
> in rmqueue_bulk so the bulk allocator and per-cpu allocator use similar
> names when the bulk allocator is introduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index f0c1d74ead6f..880b1d6368bd 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -2904,7 +2904,7 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
>  			unsigned long count, struct list_head *list,
>  			int migratetype, unsigned int alloc_flags)
>  {
> -	int i, alloced = 0;
> +	int i, allocated = 0;
>  
>  	spin_lock(&zone->lock);
>  	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
> @@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
>  		 * pages are ordered properly.
>  		 */
>  		list_add_tail(&page->lru, list);
> -		alloced++;
> +		allocated++;
>  		if (is_migrate_cma(get_pcppage_migratetype(page)))
>  			__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES,
>  					      -(1 << order));
> @@ -2936,12 +2936,12 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
>  	/*
>  	 * i pages were removed from the buddy list even if some leak due
>  	 * to check_pcp_refill failing so adjust NR_FREE_PAGES based
> -	 * on i. Do not confuse with 'alloced' which is the number of
> +	 * on i. Do not confuse with 'allocated' which is the number of
>  	 * pages added to the pcp list.
>  	 */
>  	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, -(i << order));
>  	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
> -	return alloced;
> +	return allocated;
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>