On 2013-08-13 16:52, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 13/08/2013 11:09, Jan Kiszka ha scritto: >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As the usage pattern is >>>>>> >>>>>> seqlock_read_begin() >>>>>> do >>>>>> ... >>>>>> while (seqlock_read_check()) >>>>>> >>>>>> I would suggest to call the latter seqlock_read_retry(), just like the >>>>>> kernel does. >>>>>> >>>> I think it contains the meaning of check-success-or-retry. So may >>>> check be nicer? >> "Check" alone has no obvious semantic for me, therefore "retry". > > I agree. I was writing the patch without looking at any Linux code > (just to be safe since it's GPLv2-only) and misremembered the name of > the API.
Another reason to forget about v2+. ;) Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SES-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux
