linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/19] context_tracking: Rename context_tracking_cpu_set() to context_tracking_cpu_track

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Date:   Wed, 9 Mar 2022 22:11:00 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>,
        Alex Belits <abelits@...vell.com>,
        Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@...nel.org>,
        Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Yu Liao <liaoyu15@...wei.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@...y.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/19] context_tracking: Rename
 context_tracking_cpu_set() to context_tracking_cpu_track_user()

On Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 03:03:21PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 04:47:55PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > context_tracking_cpu_set() is called in order to tell a CPU to track
> > user/kernel transitions. Since context tracking is going to expand in
> > to also track transitions from/to idle/IRQ/NMIs, the scope
> > of this function name becomes too broad and needs to be made more
> > specific.
> 
> The previous patches did: s/context_tracking_/ct_/ on these names, and
> this one makes it longer still?

Right, in fact I added the renames afterward and forgot to update that patch.
Will do.

Thanks.