Re: [Xen-devel] [patch 03/44] usermodehelper: split setup from execution

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>]

Rusty Russell wrote:
> The patch seems fine, but the names are awkward.  They've always been
> awkward (it's *userspace* helper, not *usermode* helper), but this just
> shines a bright light on them.
>
> So how about:
>
> 	call_usermodehelper_setup -> create_userspace_helper
> 	call_usermodehelper_<SET_EXTRA_STATE> -> userspace_helper_...
> 	call_usermodehelper_exec -> run_userspace_helper
>
> I can do that as a separate patch if you prefer (but it'd be nice to
> have it in the same merge window so the interface only churns once).

I don't have any particular objection, but I think it would be nicer if
they had a common prefix so that they're obviously related, and you can
easily infer the lifetime of the info structure.

    J
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