linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] timers/migration: Rename childmask by groupmask to make naming more obvious

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Message-ID: <ZoXDu9yt-o0OUMm7@pavilion.home>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 23:33:47 +0200
From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] timers/migration: Rename childmask by groupmask
 to make naming more obvious

Le Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:31:15PM +0200, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
> childmask in the group reflects the mask that is required to 'reference'
> this group in the parent. When reading childmask, this might be confusing,
> as this suggests, that this is the mask of the child of the group.
> 
> Clarify this by renaming childmask in the tmigr_group and tmc_group by
> groupmask.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>