linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/18] vfs: add miscattr ops

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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:21:35 +0200
From:   Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/18] vfs: add miscattr ops

> > +``miscattr_get``
>
> I wish this wasn't named "misc" because miscellaneous is vague.
>
> fileattr_get, perhaps?
>
> (FWIW I'm not /that/ passionate about starting a naming bikeshed, feel
> free to ignore.)
>

Eventual bikeshedding is hard to avoid in this case...

I don't feel strongly against "misc", but I do think the flags and
ioctl are already
known as "fsx" so it would be more friendly to go with that.

If you don't like "fsxflags" because it's not only flags and you think
"fsxattr" is too
close to "xattr" (FWIW I don't think it is going to be a source of
confusion), we
can simply go with get_fsx(), similar to get_acl(). It doesn't matter
what name we
use as long as everyone is clear on what it is.

"struct fsx" is not any more or any less clear than "struct statx" and
while "fsx"
it is a pretty arbitrary name, it is not much less arbitrary than "miscattr".

Thanks,
Amir.