linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/mremap: Clean up vma_to

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Message-Id: <20241017170033.6bac2c50f609f6c63c861783@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:00:33 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...omium.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Qi
 Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>, Kefeng Wang
 <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>, Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/mremap: Clean up vma_to_resize()

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:53:10 -0400 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com> wrote:

> > eg, "check_the_cheese()" versus "cheese_is_fresh()".  The latter name
> > tells you what is being checked and it tells you what a "true" return
> > value means.
> 
> Fair enough, how about resize_is_valid()?

Sounds great.  Although I do prefer cheese_is_fresh().