Re: [PATCH 04/13] tracing: Rename kvfree_rcu() to kvfree_rcu_mightsleep()

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:16:39 -0400
Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Indeed, and one could argue that "headless" sounds like something out
> of a horror movie ;-). Which of course does match the situation when
> the API is applied incorrectly.

Well, "headless" is a common term in IT.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headless_software


We could be specific to what horror movie/story, and call it:

  kvfree_rcu_sleepy_hollow()

Which will imply both headless *and* might_sleep!

-- Steve