Re: [PATCH] highmem: Rename put_and_unmap_page() to unmap_and_put_page()

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Fri Jun 02 2023 - 09:18:22 EST


On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 12:33:07PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> With commit 849ad04cf562a ("new helper: put_and_unmap_page()"), Al Viro
> introduced the put_and_unmap_page() to use in those many places where we
> have a common pattern consisting of calls to kunmap_local() +
> put_page().
>
> Obviously, first we unmap and then we put pages. Instead, the original
> name of this helper seems to imply that we first put and then unmap.
>
> Therefore, rename the helper and change the only known upstreamed user
> (i.e., fs/sysv) before this helper enters common use and might become
> difficult to find all call sites and instead easy to break the builds.
>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

- Eric