Re: [PATCH] Rename struct task variables from p to tsk

[Christoph Lameter]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Eric B Munson wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > Use t instead of p? Its a local variable after all.
>
> I don't find t any more informative than p.  As a newcomer to most of this code
> informative variable names, even for local variables, is a huge help.

Local variables are short because they are defined close to the point of
use.

tsk is not that informative and the notion of a "task" can refer to
various. However, when I see

	struct task_struct *t;

I know what it refers to.

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