Re: [PATCH 18/22] fsnotify: Inline fsnotify_clear_{inode|vfsmount|_mark_group()

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On Mon 26-12-16 18:57:38, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Inline these helpers as they are very thin. We still keep them as we
> > don't want to expose details about how list type is determined.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch looks good, but see comment below about suggested extra cleanup.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> > +/* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the vfsmount marks */
> > +static inline void fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
> > +{
> > +       fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(group, FSNOTIFY_LIST_TYPE_VFSMOUNT);
> 
> Suggestion for extra cleanup while at it:
> IMO, the choice of name fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags() was a
> bad choice, because
> 1. it sounds like "by group->flags" and its not
> 2. it is presented as a generic helper, but it is never likely to be
> used by anything other then
>     those 2 call sites for FAN_MARK_FLUSH api
> 
> So given the above, I think it would make more sense to name the function
> fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_and_type() for what it really is.

I agree on the bad choice of the name. I will probably add another cleanup
patch that will just name the function fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group() and
cleanup comments about that function in several places.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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