Re: [PATCH v18 04/26] drm/shmem-helper: Refactor locked/unlocked functions

From: Dmitry Osipenko
Date: Thu Dec 14 2023 - 19:42:25 EST


On 12/14/23 21:16, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 02:43:16PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> On 12/4/23 15:55, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>>>> Okay, that means s/_locked/_nolock/ in drm_gem_shmem_helpers.{c,h}, I
>>>> guess.
>>
>> DRM subsys and majority of kernel uses common _locked postfix. We should
>> retain the old naming scheme by using _locked() in DRM. It's not
>> worthwhile changing the name to a much less popular variant for a no
>> good reason.
>>
>> Maxime, are you okay with keeping the _locked name?
>
> Yeah... I still don't really like it, but you're right that it's best to
> remain consistent over my opinion :)
Thanks for the review!

Best regards,
Dmitry