Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161059AbWJROne (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:43:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161055AbWJROne (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:43:34 -0400 Received: from sbexim0.cs.sunysb.edu ([130.245.1.149]:46026 "EHLO sbexim0.cs.sunysb.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161042AbWJROnd (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:43:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:39:13 -0400 Message-Id: <200610181439.k9IEdD1u029773@agora.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> From: Erez Zadok To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel Cc: Al Viro , Paul Jackson , akpm@osdl.org, jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org, mhalcrow@us.ibm.com, penberg@cs.helsinki.fi, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fsstack: struct path In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:56:45 +0200." <20061018105645.GA20542@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> X-MailKey: Erez_Zadok Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 813 Lines: 17 IMHO, the string "path" is so generic (and nice, short, and sweet :-), that only higher-level layers such as the VFS should be allowed to define it. All other layers that are somewhere below the VFS (drivers/md/dm-mpath.h and reiserfs), should rename their struct path to something more specific. If anyone component can claim "first rights" for the name "struct path" -- it's the VFS. That said, 'pathnode' is also good, esp. if it better describes the contents and use of this struct. But I would still rename all other uses of 'struct path' below the VFS. Erez. - 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/