Re: [PATCH 1/4] WorkStruct: Separate delayable and non-delayable events.

From: David Howells
Date: Tue Nov 21 2006 - 06:34:16 EST


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "dwork" just sounds d[w]orky. More importantly, we don't use short-hand
> that isn't obvious, unless there is some industry-standard and old meaning
> to it that everybody understands. "delayed_work" may be more typing, but
> anybody who needs to type things that fast had better slow down anyway to
> _think_.

Okay... "delayed_work" it shall be. Would it make sense to make another
wrapper about the common bit called "immediate_work" and then hide the common
bit entirely?

David
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