linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] Rename k[v]free_rcu() single argument to k[v]free_rcu

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:34:48 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        RCU <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...y.com>,
        Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>,
        Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Bob Pearson <rpearsonhpe@...il.com>,
        Ariel Levkovich <lariel@...dia.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] Rename k[v]free_rcu() single argument to
 k[v]free_rcu_mightsleep()

On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:25:10 +0100
Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com> wrote:

> > This was my main complaint too, kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() is an absolutely
> > horrible name for an API... But nobody seemed to care about that!
> > 
> > I like the _synchronize() suggestion, as it matches other RCU naming.
> >   
> This is basically about what it does. If you renamed it to "_synchronize()"
> in reality it would not mean that it always a synchronous call, most of the
> time it is not whereas the name would point that it is.

No, just comment it.

I was going to suggest "kvfree_rcu_might_synchronize()" but that's just
getting ridiculous.

Still, I will replace that code back to a kfree() and rcu_synchonize() than
to let that other name get in.

-- Steve