linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/12] KVM: X86/MMU: Rename struct kvm_mmu_pages to struct kvm_mmu_page

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:45:17 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] KVM: X86/MMU: Rename struct kvm_mmu_pages to
 struct kvm_mmu_page_vec

On Sun, Jun 05, 2022, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>
> 
> It is implemented as a vector and variable names for it are pvec.

Please define "it" in the changelog before referencing "it".  Avoiding dependencies
on the shortlog is trivial and really does help as it avoids having to jump back
to see what "it" refers to.

> Rename it to kvm_mmu_page_vec for better describing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>
> ---