Re: [PATCH 1/2 RFC] tools/memory-model: rename link and rcu-path to rcu-link and rb

2018-03-13 Thread Andrea Parri
On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 03:13:45PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > This patch makes a simple non-functional change to the RCU portion of > the Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model by renaming the "link" and > "rcu-path" relations to "rcu-link" and "rb". > > The name "link" was an unfortunate choice,

Re: [PATCH 1/2 RFC] tools/memory-model: rename link and rcu-path to rcu-link and rb

2018-03-13 Thread Andrea Parri
On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 03:13:45PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > This patch makes a simple non-functional change to the RCU portion of > the Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model by renaming the "link" and > "rcu-path" relations to "rcu-link" and "rb". > > The name "link" was an unfortunate choice,

Re: [PATCH 1/2 RFC] tools/memory-model: rename link and rcu-path to rcu-link and rb

2018-02-28 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 03:13:45PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > This patch makes a simple non-functional change to the RCU portion of > the Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model by renaming the "link" and > "rcu-path" relations to "rcu-link" and "rb". > > The name "link" was an unfortunate choice,

Re: [PATCH 1/2 RFC] tools/memory-model: rename link and rcu-path to rcu-link and rb

2018-02-28 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 03:13:45PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > This patch makes a simple non-functional change to the RCU portion of > the Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model by renaming the "link" and > "rcu-path" relations to "rcu-link" and "rb". > > The name "link" was an unfortunate choice,

[PATCH 1/2 RFC] tools/memory-model: rename link and rcu-path to rcu-link and rb

2018-02-28 Thread Alan Stern
This patch makes a simple non-functional change to the RCU portion of the Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model by renaming the "link" and "rcu-path" relations to "rcu-link" and "rb". The name "link" was an unfortunate choice, because it was too generic and subject to confusion with other

[PATCH 1/2 RFC] tools/memory-model: rename link and rcu-path to rcu-link and rb

2018-02-28 Thread Alan Stern
This patch makes a simple non-functional change to the RCU portion of the Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model by renaming the "link" and "rcu-path" relations to "rcu-link" and "rb". The name "link" was an unfortunate choice, because it was too generic and subject to confusion with other