Re: + vmscan-rename-functions.patch added to -mm tree

[Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>]

Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> 2006/2/12, akpm@osdl.org <akpm@osdl.org>:
>
> > The patch titled
> >
> >     vmscan: rename functions
> >
> > has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
> >
> >     vmscan-rename-functions.patch
> >
> > See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
> > out what to do about this
> >
> >
> > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
> >
> > We have:
> >
> >        try_to_free_pages
> >        ->shrink_caches(struct zone **zones, ..)
> >          ->shrink_zone(struct zone *, ...)
> >            ->shrink_cache(struct zone *, ...)
> >              ->shrink_list(struct list_head *, ...)
> >
> > which is fairly irrational.
> >
> > Rename things so that we have
> >
> >        try_to_free_pages
> >        ->shrink_zones(struct zone **zones, ..)
> >          ->shrink_zone(struct zone *, ...)
> >            ->do_shrink_zone(struct zone *, ...)
> >              ->shrink_page_list(struct list_head *, ...)
>
>
> Every time I read this part it annoys me. Thanks.

I don't much care, but if there is renaming afoot, I'd vote for

->shrink_zones(struct zone **zones, ..)
 ->shrink_zone(struct zone *, ...)
  ->shrink_inactive_list(struct zone *, ...)
   ->shrink_page_list(struct list_head *, ...)
  ->shrink_active_list (alternatively, leave as refill_inactive_list)

shrink_zone and do_shrink_zone don't really say any more to me than
shrink_zone and shrink_cache.

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