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Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to "open file description locks"
- From: Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>
- To: Boaz Harrosh <openosd at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat dot com>, 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>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Michael Kerrisk <mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>, Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba dot org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto at amacapital dot net>, Frank Filz <ffilzlnx at mindspring dot com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso at mit dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:00:56 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to "open file description locks"
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 05:45:31PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On 04/22/2014 03:23 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> <>
> >
> > We're going to have to live with these for a long time, so it's
> > important that we be happy with the names before we're stuck with them.
> > The consensus on the lists so far is that they should be rechristened as
> > "open file description locks".
> >
>
> I completely agree with the rename. (Though could you please post
> the rest of the rename patches for review)
>
> Just a very small nit. My native language is not English but I would
> rather you use "file-descriptor" (with an '-' as well) and not
> use "description" in the English name of the lock. This is
> because stated like that, "description" might refer to the
> locks and not to the file in the sentence. file-descriptor is
> more clear I think. (For me it was confusing at first before I realized
> what you meant)
I think you missed the whole point. "File descriptor" and "open file
description" have DIFFERENT meanings. Replacing one with the other
gives the wrong meaning.
Rich