Re: [PATCH] Rename inode_cmp_iversion{+raw} to inode_eq_iversion{+raw}

From: Goffredo Baroncelli
Date: Wed Jan 31 2018 - 17:24:03 EST


On 01/31/2018 10:55 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 09:43:09PM +0100, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
>> The function inode_cmp_iversion{+raw} is counter-intuitive, because it
>> returns true when the counters are different and false when these are equal.
>>
>> Rename it to inode_eq_iversion{+raw}, which will returns true when
>> the counters are equal and false otherwise.
>
> A lot of places use !inode_eq_iversion(). I think we should have both
> inode_eq_iversion() and inode_ne_iversion().

A function is needed because before doing the comparing, a "conversion"
is needed.
My feeling is that the positive "form" is the more natural. And the notion
"!*eq*" is intuitive as the "*ne*".


>
> Also, we have 'inode' in the name, why keep the 'i'? inode_eq_version()
> and inode_ne_version() are shorter. We could even go so far as
> iversion_eq() and iversion_ne() if keeping 'iversion' in the string
> is important.

All the functions introduced by Jeff are in the form inode_<verb>_iversion.
So for consistency, inode_eq_iversion() makes sense.

>


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