linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] mm: Rename __thp_get_unmapped_area to mm_get_unmapped_area

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Message-ID: <aExvAJhKNITCogmK@x1.local>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:33:36 -0400
From: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, Alex Mastro <amastro@...com>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
	Nico Pache <npache@...hat.com>,
	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
	"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
	Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>,
	Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] mm: Rename __thp_get_unmapped_area to
 mm_get_unmapped_area_aligned

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 11:19:30AM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> > -static unsigned long __thp_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp,
> > +unsigned long mm_get_unmapped_area_aligned(struct file *filp,
> >  		unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
> >  		loff_t off, unsigned long flags, unsigned long size,
> 
> Since you added aligned suffix, renaming size to alignment might
> help improve readability.

I'll use "align" per Jason's suggestion, assuming it's ok and shorter.

> 
> Otherwise, Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>

I'll take this though, thanks Zi.

-- 
Peter Xu