Re: [PATCH 2/7] mm: shrinker: Add a .to_text() method for shrinkers

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On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 11:08:11AM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> Hi Kent,
> 
> On 2023/11/24 05:24, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 11:32:59AM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> > > > +	void (*to_text)(struct seq_buf *, struct shrinker *);
> > > 
> > > The "to_text" looks a little strange, how about naming it
> > > "stat_objects"?
> > 
> > The convention I've been using heavily in bcachefs is
> > typename_to_text(), or type.to_text(), for debug reports. The
> 
> OK.
> 
> > consistency is nice.
> 
> However, this is inconsistent with the name style of other
> shrinker callbacks. Please use the "objects" suffix. As for
> bcachefs's own callback function, you can use typename_to_text()
> to ensure consistency.

That would be inconsistent with introducing a convention to the wider
kernel.




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