Re: [PATCH 7/7] v4l: videobuf: Rename vmalloc fields to vaddr

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Hi Pawel,

On Wednesday 12 May 2010 10:36:24 Pawel Osciak wrote:
> > Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >The videobuf_dmabuf and videobuf_vmalloc_memory fields have a vmalloc
> >field to store the kernel virtual address of vmalloc'ed buffers. Rename
> >the field to vaddr.

[snip]

> I am not 100% sure about this, it is a bit different from the rename
> of vmalloc to vaddr for functions made by Hans earlier. Those functions
> were supposed to return kernel addresses to buffers and callers did not
> need to know where did those pointers had come from, but keeping that
> information here might be useful/prevent confusion...

I'd still rename the field, but I have no strong opinion about it. If you 
think the patch should be dropped, that's fine.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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