linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/7] pid: Introduce helper task_is_in_root

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Date:   Mon, 6 Dec 2021 15:03:58 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
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        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
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        Jan Harkes <jaharkes@...cmu.edu>, coda@...cmu.edu,
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        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/7] pid: Introduce helper task_is_in_root_ns()

Hi Leon,

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 08:49:01AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 05, 2021 at 10:50:59PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:

[...]

> > +static inline bool task_is_in_root_ns(struct task_struct *tsk)
> 
> It is bad that this name doesn't reflect PID nature of this namespace.
> Won't it better to name it task_is_in_init_pid_ns()?

Yes, task_is_in_init_pid_ns() is more clear.

Will respin for this.  Thank you for suggestion!

Leo