Re: [PATCH -mm 2/2] memcg: cleanup kmem cache creation/destruction functions naming

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed May 07 2014 - 08:45:42 EST


On Wed 07-05-14 12:15:30, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
> Current names are rather inconsistent. Let's try to improve them.

Yes the old names are a giant mess. I am not sure the new ones are
that much better however.

> Brief change log:
>
> ** old name ** ** new name **
>
> kmem_cache_create_memcg kmem_cache_request_memcg_copy

Both are bad because the first suggests we are creating memcg and the second that
we are requesting a copy of memcg.

memcg_alloc_kmem_cache?

_copy suffix is a bit confusing. E.g. copy_mm and others either to
shallow or deep copy depending on the context. This one always creats a
deep copy. Also why it is imporatant to treat the created caches as
copies?

> memcg_kmem_create_cache memcg_copy_kmem_cache

memcg_register_kmem_cache? It also allocates so this name is a bit
awkward as well.

> memcg_kmem_destroy_cache memcg_destroy_kmem_cache_copy

memcg_unregister_kmem_cache to match the above?

> __kmem_cache_destroy_memcg_children __kmem_cache_destroy_memcg_copies
> kmem_cache_destroy_memcg_children kmem_cache_destroy_memcg_copies

_children suffix is really confusing because they have different meaning in
memcg and refer to children groups.

memcg_cleanup_kmem_chache_memcg_params? It doesn't have to live in the
kmem_cache namespace because it only does only memcg kmem specific
stuff.

> mem_cgroup_destroy_all_caches memcg_destroy_kmem_cache_copies
>
> create_work memcg_kmem_cache_copy_work

memcg_register_cache_work?

> memcg_create_cache_work_func memcg_kmem_cache_copy_work_func

memcg_register_cache_func?

> memcg_create_cache_enqueue memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_copy

memcg_schedule_register_cache?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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