linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] libbpf: Add ring__consume_max / ring_buffer__consume

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 22:41:09 +0200
From: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>, Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
	Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] libbpf: Add ring__consume_max /
 ring_buffer__consume_max

On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 11:04:39AM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
..
> > + * negative number if any of the callbacks return an error.
> > + */
> > +LIBBPF_API int ring__consume_max(struct ring *r, size_t max_items);
> 
> I'm bikeshedding here, of course, but I prefer `ring__consume_n` and
> max_items -> n.

I actually like "_n" more than "_max" (same with max_items -> n).

I'll change this (with all the other suggestions) and will send a new
version.

Thanks for the review!
-Andrea