Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] mm: rename zone->lock to zone->_lock

[SeongJae Park]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:26:21 +0000 Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This intentionally breaks direct users of zone->lock at compile time so
> all call sites are converted to the zone lock wrappers. Without the
> rename, present and future out-of-tree code could continue using
> spin_lock(&zone->lock) and bypass the wrappers and tracing
> infrastructure.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks,
SJ

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