Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] block_dev: Rename bd_fsfreeze_mutex

From: Waiman Long
Date: Tue Sep 19 2017 - 08:44:04 EST


On 09/18/2017 07:47 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Don't rename it to a way to long name. Either add a separate mutex
> for your purpose (unless there is interaction between freezing and
> blktrace, which I doubt), or properly comment the usage.

I would agree with you if the long name causes the expressions hard to
read. In this particular case, it is just the single parameter to the
mutex_lock() and mutex_unlock() functions. There is no confusion and
overly long lines. So I think it is OK. In fact, I got the opposite
advices in the past that some people prefer long descriptive names than
short and cryptic names.

Cheers,
Longman