linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/9] cgroup: rename cgroup_rstat_flush

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Message-ID: <ZCMnCVe4UZx5E8KM@cmpxchg.org>
Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:42:33 -0400
From:   Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:     Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Vasily Averin <vasily.averin@...ux.dev>,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/9] cgroup: rename cgroup_rstat_flush_"irqsafe" to
 "atomic"

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 06:16:30AM +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> cgroup_rstat_flush_irqsafe() can be a confusing name. It may read as
> "irqs are disabled throughout", which is what the current implementation
> does (currently under discussion [1]), but is not the intention. The
> intention is that this function is safe to call from atomic contexts.
> Name it as such.
> 
> Suggested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>