Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756731Ab3IKR0c (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:26:32 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:33022 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756596Ab3IKR03 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:26:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:26:25 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Waiman Long Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Linus Torvalds , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Chandramouleeswaran, Aswin" , "Norton, Scott J" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] seqlock: Add a new blocking reader type Message-ID: <20130911172624.GK13318@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <1378909707-3347-1-git-send-email-Waiman.Long@hp.com> <20130911145536.GJ13318@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <52309B5F.70406@hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52309B5F.70406@hp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 728 Lines: 18 On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:33:35PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > >Folks, any suggestions on better names? The semantics we are getting is > > I will welcome any better name suggestion and will incorporate that > in the patch. FWIW, the suggestions I've seen so far had been seq_exreadlock() [ex for exclusive] seq_exclreadlock() [ditto, and IMO fails the "easily read over the phone" test - /sekv-excre...ARRGH/] seq_prot_readlock() [prot for protected, as in DLM protected read] -- 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/