Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752709AbZIVXHS (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:07:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752542AbZIVXHO (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:07:14 -0400 Received: from smtp2.ultrahosting.com ([74.213.174.253]:38105 "EHLO smtp.ultrahosting.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751556AbZIVXHK (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:07:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:52:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: cl@V090114053VZO-1 To: Tejun Heo cc: Nick Piggin , Tony Luck , Fenghua Yu , linux-ia64 , Ingo Molnar , Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] vmalloc: rename local variables vmalloc_start and vmalloc_end In-Reply-To: <1253605214-23210-2-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> Message-ID: References: <1253605214-23210-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <1253605214-23210-2-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 609 Lines: 16 On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Tejun Heo wrote: > const unsigned long vmalloc_end = vmalloc_end & ~(align - 1); > > Rename local variables vmalloc_start and vmalloc_end to vm_start and > vm_end to avoid the collision. Could you keep vmalloc_end and vmalloc_start? vm_start and vm_end may led to misinterpretations as start and end of the memory area covered by the VM. -- 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/