Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] rculist: Add hlist_swap_before_rcu

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Apr 27 2020 - 16:28:02 EST


On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 7:32 AM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Would hlists_swap_heads_rcu be noticably better?

Edited out most of the rest because I think we're in agreement and
it's not a huge deal.

And yes, I think it might be nice to just call it "swap_heads()" and
make the naming match what the user wants, so that people who don't
care about the implementation can just guess from the function name.

But I also think that by now it's mostly bikeshedding, and I'm
probably also now biased by the fact that I have looked at that code
and read your explanations so it's all fresh in my mind.

A year from now, when I've forgotten the details, who knows which part
I'd find confusing? ;)

Linus