linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/18] lib/stackdepot: rename slab to pool

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Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2023 11:20:04 +0100
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     andrey.konovalov@...ux.dev, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/18] lib/stackdepot: rename slab to pool

On 2/10/23 22:15, andrey.konovalov@...ux.dev wrote:
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> 
> Use "pool" instead of "slab" for naming memory regions stack depot
> uses to store stack traces. Using "slab" is confusing, as stack depot
> pools have nothing to do with the slab allocator.
> 
> Also give better names to pool-related global variables: change
> "depot_" prefix to "pool_" to point out that these variables are
> related to stack depot pools.
> 
> Also rename the slabindex (poolindex) field in handle_parts to pool_index
> to align its name with the pool_index global variable.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Thanks!