linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] sched: Use fancy new guards

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 19:41:04 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] sched: Use fancy new guards

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 7:08 PM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> > FWIW C++ has std::scoped_lock. So perhaps using a similar wording may help ?
>
> Yeah, I like "scoped_*" and "guarded_*" for naming. IMO, it reads better.

FWIW in the Rust side we called the general facility `ScopeGuard`,
then we also have lock `Guard`s and Rust stdlib has things like
`MutexGuard`.

Cheers,
Miguel