Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation

[Pavel Machek]

On Wed 2017-12-13 14:16:40, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 13-12-17 14:09:00, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Wed 2017-12-13 14:04:58, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Wed 13-12-17 13:55:40, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > On Wed 2017-12-13 10:31:10, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > >     -- Expand the documentation to discuss the hazards in
> > > > >        enough detail to allow avoiding them.
> > > > > 
> > > > >     -- Mention the upcoming MAP_FIXED_SAFE flag.
> > > > 
> > > > Pretty map everyone agreed MAP_FIXED_SAFE was a bad
> > > > name. MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE (IIRC) was best replacement.
> > > 
> > > Please read http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > Please fix your patches according to the feedback...
> > 
> > NACCKED-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
> 
> Good luck pursuing this further then. I am not going to spend time on
> naming bikeheds. I have more pressing stuff to work on.

You selected stupid name for a flag. Everyone and their dog agrees
with that. There's even consensus on better name (and everyone agrees
it is better than .._SAFE). Of course, we could have debate if it is
NOREPLACE or NOREMOVE or ... and that would be bikeshed. This was just
poor naming on your part.
									Pavel
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