RE: [PATCH 1/3] Introducing grant table V2 stucture

[Paul Durrant]

I'd be happy with 'addr' or 'opaque' or somesuch if 'raw' is distasteful.

  Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [mailto:konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 November 2011 14:49
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: annie.li@xxxxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jeremy@xxxxxxxx; kurt.hackel@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Introducing grant table V2 stucture
> 
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:11:22AM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > Annie,
> >
> >   Comments inline below...
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > [snip]
> > > -static struct grant_entry *shared;
> > > +static union {
> > > +	struct grant_entry_v1 *v1;
> > > +	void *ring_addr;
> > > +} shared;
> > > +
> >
> > 'ring_addr' seems like the wrong name here; how about 'raw'?
> 
> Or 'ring'. I asked Annie to change it from 'raw' to something else
> and the first thing that came in my mind was 'ring_addr'. But this
> does not point to a ring, so the 'ring' part is wrong.
> 
> Point here is to make it descriptive. 'raw' does not carry meaning
> of _what_ it is suppose to do.
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