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Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description locks
- From: NeilBrown <neilb at suse dot de>
- To: Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com>, "Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" <metze at samba dot org>, Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, samba-technical at lists dot samba dot org, Ganesha NFS List <nfs-ganesha-devel at lists dot sourceforge dot net>, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:46:20 +1000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description locks
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:23:21 -0400 Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> wrote:
> I sent a pull request to Linus last week and he merged the patches over
> the weekend. So yes, this ship has sailed unless someone feels strongly
> enough about it to roll up the patches to change it.
>
> I think we'll probably come to know these as "O.F.D. locks" over the long
> run. Not a wonderful name, but I can live with it.
I've managed to train my brain that "of_" means "device tree". Coping with
"ofd" meaning "per-open" should be too hard.
:-)
NeilBrown
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