Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to "open file description locks"

[Rich Felker]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 05:45:31PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On 04/22/2014 03:23 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> <>
> > 
> > We're going to have to live with these for a long time, so it's
> > important that we be happy with the names before we're stuck with them.
> > The consensus on the lists so far is that they should be rechristened as
> > "open file description locks".
> > 
> 
> I completely agree with the rename. (Though could you please post
> the rest of the rename patches for review)
> 
> Just a very small nit. My native language is not English but I would
> rather you use "file-descriptor" (with an '-' as well) and not
> use "description" in the English name of the lock. This is
> because stated like that, "description" might refer to the
> locks and not to the file in the sentence. file-descriptor is
> more clear I think. (For me it was confusing at first before I realized
> what you meant)

I think you missed the whole point. "File descriptor" and "open file
description" have DIFFERENT meanings. Replacing one with the other
gives the wrong meaning.

Rich
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