linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 06/11] arm64: Use stack_trace_consume

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Message-ID: <Yfu8z5buJvIPvsoT@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:30:23 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     "Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc:     mark.rutland@....com, jpoimboe@...hat.com, ardb@...nel.org,
        nobuta.keiya@...itsu.com, sjitindarsingh@...il.com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org, jmorris@...ei.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 06/11] arm64: Use stack_trace_consume_fn and rename
 args to unwind()

On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 06:34:43PM -0600, Madhavan T. Venkataraman wrote:
> On 2/2/22 12:46, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 08:56:03AM -0600, madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com wrote:

> >> Rename the arguments to unwind() for better consistency. Also, use the
> >> typedef stack_trace_consume_fn for the consume_entry function as it is
> >> already defined in linux/stacktrace.h.

> > Consistency with...?  But otherwise:

> Naming consistency. E.g., the name consume_entry is used in a lot of places.
> This code used to use fn() instead of consume_entry(). arch_stack_walk()
> names the argument to consume_entry as cookie. This code calls it data
> instead of cookie. That is all. It is minor in nature. But I thought I might
> as well make it conform while I am at it.

The commit message should probably say some of that then.

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