Re: [PATCH 00/13] Rename k[v]free_rcu() single argument to k[v]free_rcu_mightsleep()

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:25:10 +0100
Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > This was my main complaint too, kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() is an absolutely
> > horrible name for an API... But nobody seemed to care about that!
> > 
> > I like the _synchronize() suggestion, as it matches other RCU naming.
> >   
> This is basically about what it does. If you renamed it to "_synchronize()"
> in reality it would not mean that it always a synchronous call, most of the
> time it is not whereas the name would point that it is.

No, just comment it.

I was going to suggest "kvfree_rcu_might_synchronize()" but that's just
getting ridiculous.

Still, I will replace that code back to a kfree() and rcu_synchonize() than
to let that other name get in.

-- Steve