linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] stackdepot: Rename pool_index to pool_index_plus

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 10:01:22 +0200
From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
	Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
	Omar Sandoval <osandov@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stackdepot: Rename pool_index to pool_index_plus_1

On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 05:14:58PM -0700, Peter Collingbourne wrote:
> Commit 3ee34eabac2a ("lib/stackdepot: fix first entry having a
> 0-handle") changed the meaning of the pool_index field to mean "the
> pool index plus 1". This made the code accessing this field less
> self-documenting, as well as causing debuggers such as drgn to not
> be able to easily remain compatible with both old and new kernels,
> because they typically do that by testing for presence of the new
> field. Because stackdepot is a debugging tool, we should make sure
> that it is debugger friendly. Therefore, give the field a different
> name to improve readability as well as enabling debugger backwards
> compatibility.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>
> Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/Ib3e70c36c1d230dd0a118dc22649b33e768b9f88

Acked-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>


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