Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] vfs: Add current_time() api

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On Wed, 14 Sep 2016, Deepa Dinamani wrote:

> >> + * current_time - Return FS time
> >> + * @inode: inode.
> >> + *
> >> + * Return the current time truncated to the time granularity supported by
> >> + * the fs.
> >> + *
> >> + * Note that inode and inode->sb cannot be NULL.
> >> + * Otherwise, the function warns and returns time without truncation.
> >> + */
> >> +struct timespec current_time(struct inode *inode)
> >
> > Just a nitpick. Can we please rename that to fs_current_time() or something
> > similar which tells right away that this is a FS specific
> > function. current_time() is pretty generic and used in many places as
> > variable/argument name.
> 
> I proposed this as one of the names before:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/14/613 .
> But, decided against it because of the inode argument.
> If this is preferred, I will change the patches.
> 
> There are only about 30 (20, outside of staging) current_time
> references outside of Documentation/

It just occured to me and I can live with current_time() as well. Up to Al.

Thanks,

	tglx
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