Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:18:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:18:56 -0400 Received: from ithilien.qualcomm.com ([129.46.51.59]:21502 "EHLO ithilien.qualcomm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:18:55 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20021015121958.01b4acd8@mail1.qualcomm.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:24:18 -0700 To: "David S. Miller" From: "Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy" Subject: Re: [RFC] Rename _bh to _softirq Cc: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20021015.104423.36363214.davem@redhat.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021015093146.05eb7738@mail1.qualcomm.com> <200210150157.FAA13254@sex.inr.ac.ru> <5.1.0.14.2.20021015093146.05eb7738@mail1.qualcomm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 712 Lines: 23 At 10:44 AM 10/15/2002 -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > From: "Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy" > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:34:02 -0700 > > But primary interface should be changed IMO. > >I totally disagree. Care to explain why ? >Keep _bh, it's cool. But pretty much meaningless. _softirq on the other hand clearly shows what it does. We don't give names to a functions based on the coolness, do we ? ;-) btw _si would be equally cool. Max - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/