Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

2021-04-12 Thread Vlastimil Babka
On 3/25/21 12:42 PM, Mel Gorman wrote: > Review feedback of the bulk allocator twice found problems with "alloced" > being a counter for pages allocated. The naming was based on the API name > "alloc" and was based on the idea that verbal communication about malloc > tends to use the fake word

Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

2021-03-25 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 11:42:20AM +, Mel Gorman wrote: > Review feedback of the bulk allocator twice found problems with "alloced" > being a counter for pages allocated. The naming was based on the API name > "alloc" and was based on the idea that verbal communication about malloc > tends to

[PATCH 1/9] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

2021-03-25 Thread Mel Gorman
Review feedback of the bulk allocator twice found problems with "alloced" being a counter for pages allocated. The naming was based on the API name "alloc" and was based on the idea that verbal communication about malloc tends to use the fake word "malloced" instead of the fake word mallocated. To