Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:15:27 +0000
From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wfcqueue: add function for unsynchronized prepend
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Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:
> * Eric Wong (normalperson@yhbt.net) wrote:
> > In some situations, it is necessary to prepend a node to a queue.
> > For epoll, this is necessary for two rare conditions:
> > 
> > * when the user triggers -EFAULT
> > * when reinjecting elements from the ovflist (implemented as a stack)
> 
> This approach makes sense.
> 
> In terms of API naming, I wonder if "prepend" is the good counterpart
> for "enqueue". Maybe "enqueue_first" or "enqueue_head" could be better
> suited ?

I'm not sure, I'll go with whatever name you decide is best :)

Thanks for looking at my patch, I'll post an updated version
once a name is decided.

-- 
Eric "isuckatnamingthings" Wong
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