linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

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Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:59:06 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.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 1/9] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 11:42:20AM +0000, 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>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>