On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 05:21:42PM +0100, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > When the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t group of data types were introduced, two > classes of seqlock.h sequence counter macros were added: > > - An external public API which can either take a plain seqcount_t or > any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants. > > - An internal API which takes only a plain seqcount_t. > > To distinguish between the two groups, the "*_seqcount_t_*" pattern was > used for the latter. This confused a number of mm/ call-site developers, > and Linus also commented that it was not a standard practice for marking > seqlock.h internal APIs. > > Distinguish the latter group of macros by prefixing a "do_". > > Link: > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgb8nyoqufpn0o6a5bpjcjpnxvh+krxapujhsgg+7q...@mail.gmail.com > Link: > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wikhgexmprxgaw+mvxg1zsgpztbbvwob23vetk41et...@mail.gmail.com > Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darw...@linutronix.de> > --- > include/linux/seqlock.h | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
It is clearer, thank you Jason
