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Date:   Mon, 1 Aug 2022 19:40:39 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc:     Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/sgx: Improve comments for
 sgx_encl_lookup/alloc_backing()
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On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 06:47:01AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 7/28/22 00:58, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 11:21:19AM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> >> Modify the comments for sgx_encl_lookup_backing() and for
> >> sgx_encl_alloc_backing() to indicate that they take a reference
> >> which must be dropped with a call to sgx_encl_put_backing().
> >> Make sgx_encl_lookup_backing() static for now, and change the
> >> name of sgx_encl_get_backing() to __sgx_encl_get_backing() to
> >> make it more clear that sgx_encl_get_backing() is an internal
> >> function.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>
> > The rename is unnecessary.
> 
> Well, it was done to address some reviewer confusion:
> 
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/all/YtUs3MKLzFg+rqEV@zn.tnic/
> 
> I wouldn't call it unnecessary.  Heck, I'd argue that the one of the
> main reasons that this code leaked memory in the first place was the
> naming and lack of comments.

Maybe the rename should be its own patch with this tag in the commit:

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YtUs3MKLzFg+rqEV@zn.tnic/

BR, Jarkko