[RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-05 Thread Mike Rapoport
The conversion is done using

sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
$(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport 
---
 arch/arm/kernel/setup.c   |  4 ++--
 arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c  |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c|  2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/numa.c  |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c  |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/lib/alloc.c  |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_nohash.c  |  6 ++---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/nvram.c   |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c |  6 ++---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/setup.c|  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/sysdev/msi_bitmap.c  |  2 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/setup.c  | 12 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/smp.c|  2 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/topology.c   |  4 ++--
 arch/s390/numa/mode_emu.c |  2 +-
 arch/s390/numa/toptree.c  |  2 +-
 arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c   |  4 ++--
 arch/xtensa/mm/kasan_init.c   |  2 +-
 drivers/clk/ti/clk.c  |  2 +-
 drivers/firmware/memmap.c |  2 +-
 drivers/of/fdt.c  |  2 +-
 drivers/of/unittest.c |  2 +-
 include/linux/bootmem.h   | 38 +++
 init/main.c   |  6 ++---
 kernel/dma/swiotlb.c  |  8 +++
 kernel/power/snapshot.c   |  2 +-
 kernel/printk/printk.c|  4 ++--
 lib/cpumask.c |  2 +-
 mm/hugetlb.c  |  2 +-
 mm/kasan/kasan_init.c |  2 +-
 mm/memblock.c | 26 ++---
 mm/page_alloc.c   |  8 +++
 mm/page_ext.c |  2 +-
 mm/percpu.c   | 28 +++
 mm/sparse-vmemmap.c   |  2 +-
 mm/sparse.c   | 12 +-
 36 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 4c249cb..39e6090 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static void __init request_standard_resources(const struct 
machine_desc *mdesc)
 */
boot_alias_start = phys_to_idmap(start);
if (arm_has_idmap_alias() && boot_alias_start != 
IDMAP_INVALID_ADDR) {
-   res = memblock_virt_alloc(sizeof(*res), 0);
+   res = memblock_alloc(sizeof(*res), 0);
res->name = "System RAM (boot alias)";
res->start = boot_alias_start;
res->end = phys_to_idmap(end);
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static void __init request_standard_resources(const struct 
machine_desc *mdesc)
request_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
}
 
-   res = memblock_virt_alloc(sizeof(*res), 0);
+   res = memblock_alloc(sizeof(*res), 0);
res->name  = "System RAM";
res->start = start;
res->end = end;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index cd65ea4..314284e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static int __init _setup_clkctrl_provider(struct 
device_node *np)
struct clkctrl_provider *provider;
u64 size;
 
-   provider = memblock_virt_alloc(sizeof(*provider), 0);
+   provider = memblock_alloc(sizeof(*provider), 0);
if (!provider)
return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
index 1214587..2391560 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static pgd_t tmp_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __initdata 
__aligned(PGD_SIZE);
 
 static phys_addr_t __init kasan_alloc_zeroed_page(int node)
 {
-   void *p = memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE,
+   void *p = memblock_alloc_try_nid(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE,
  __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS),
  MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, node);
return __pa(p);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c b/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
index e5aacd6..8f2e0e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void * __init pcpu_fc_alloc(unsigned int cpu, size_t 
size,
 {
int nid = early_cpu_to_node(cpu);
 
-   return  memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid(size, align,
+   return  memblock_alloc_try_nid(size, align,
__pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, nid);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c
index d63b488..2fb4781

Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-05 Thread Rob Herring
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport  wrote:
>
> The conversion is done using
>
> sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)

What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
mechanical change.

Rob


Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-05 Thread Mike Rapoport
On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport  wrote:
> >
> > The conversion is done using
> >
> > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> 
> What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
> mechanical change.

I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.

And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.


> Rob
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.



Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-06 Thread Michal Hocko
On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > The conversion is done using
> > >
> > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > 
> > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
> > mechanical change.
> 
> I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> 
> And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.

I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading or
it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I would
rather stick with the status quo.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-06 Thread Mike Rapoport
On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport  
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The conversion is done using
> > > >
> > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > > 
> > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
> > > mechanical change.
> > 
> > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> > 
> > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.
> 
> I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading or
> it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I would
> rather stick with the status quo.

I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in
'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic'
reduces code readability in my opinion.

Besides, from what I've seen, many users of memblock_phys_alloc can be
converted to the virtual variant and then we can just have memblock_alloc
everywhere in the end.

Currently there are ~70 users of memblock_virt_alloc*, but with the
bootmem -> memblock conversion we'll be adding ~140 more.

> -- 
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.



Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-06 Thread Michal Hocko
On Thu 06-09-18 15:43:21, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport  
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The conversion is done using
> > > > >
> > > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > > > 
> > > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
> > > > mechanical change.
> > > 
> > > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> > > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> > > 
> > > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.
> > 
> > I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading or
> > it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I would
> > rather stick with the status quo.
> 
> I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in
> 'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic'
> reduces code readability in my opinion.

Well, is _nopanic really really useful in the name. Do we even need/want
implicit panic/nopanic semantic? The code should rather check for the
return value and decide depending on the code path. I suspect removing
panic/nopanic would make the API slightly lighter.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-06 Thread Mike Rapoport
On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:01:02PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 06-09-18 15:43:21, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport 
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The conversion is done using
> > > > > >
> > > > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > > > > 
> > > > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
> > > > > mechanical change.
> > > > 
> > > > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> > > > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> > > > 
> > > > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.
> > > 
> > > I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading or
> > > it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I would
> > > rather stick with the status quo.
> > 
> > I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in
> > 'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic'
> > reduces code readability in my opinion.
> 
> Well, is _nopanic really really useful in the name. Do we even need/want
> implicit panic/nopanic semantic? The code should rather check for the
> return value and decide depending on the code path. I suspect removing
> panic/nopanic would make the API slightly lighter.
 
I agree that panic/nopanic should be removed. But I prefer to start with
equivalent replacement to make it as automated as possible and update
memblock API when the dust settles a bit.

> -- 
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.



Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-06 Thread Michal Hocko
On Thu 06-09-18 16:39:58, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:01:02PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 06-09-18 15:43:21, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport 
> > > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The conversion is done using
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > > > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even if a
> > > > > > mechanical change.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> > > > > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> > > > > 
> > > > > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.
> > > > 
> > > > I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading or
> > > > it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I would
> > > > rather stick with the status quo.
> > > 
> > > I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in
> > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 
> > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic'
> > > reduces code readability in my opinion.
> > 
> > Well, is _nopanic really really useful in the name. Do we even need/want
> > implicit panic/nopanic semantic? The code should rather check for the
> > return value and decide depending on the code path. I suspect removing
> > panic/nopanic would make the API slightly lighter.
>  
> I agree that panic/nopanic should be removed. But I prefer to start with
> equivalent replacement to make it as automated as possible and update
> memblock API when the dust settles a bit.

Yes, I agree with that approach. But that also doesn't justify the
renaming
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-07 Thread Mike Rapoport
On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:46:27PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 06-09-18 16:39:58, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:01:02PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Thu 06-09-18 15:43:21, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport 
> > > > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The conversion is done using
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > > > > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even 
> > > > > > > if a
> > > > > > > mechanical change.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> > > > > > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading or
> > > > > it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I 
> > > > > would
> > > > > rather stick with the status quo.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in
> > > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 
> > > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic'
> > > > reduces code readability in my opinion.
> > > 
> > > Well, is _nopanic really really useful in the name. Do we even need/want
> > > implicit panic/nopanic semantic? The code should rather check for the
> > > return value and decide depending on the code path. I suspect removing
> > > panic/nopanic would make the API slightly lighter.
> >  
> > I agree that panic/nopanic should be removed. But I prefer to start with
> > equivalent replacement to make it as automated as possible and update
> > memblock API when the dust settles a bit.
> 
> Yes, I agree with that approach. But that also doesn't justify the
> renaming

Well, the renaming is automated :)

Anyway, we can continue arguing about keeping or removing _virt regardless
of the bootmem -> memblock change. I'll redo the set with
memblock_virt_alloc and we can resume the argument later on :)

> -- 
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.



Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-07 Thread Michal Hocko
On Fri 07-09-18 11:42:12, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:46:27PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 06-09-18 16:39:58, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:01:02PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > On Thu 06-09-18 15:43:21, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport 
> > > > > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The conversion is done using
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > > > > > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn even 
> > > > > > > > if a
> > > > > > > > mechanical change.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> > > > > > > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as well.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly misleading 
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I 
> > > > > > would
> > > > > > rather stick with the status quo.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in
> > > > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 
> > > > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic'
> > > > > reduces code readability in my opinion.
> > > > 
> > > > Well, is _nopanic really really useful in the name. Do we even need/want
> > > > implicit panic/nopanic semantic? The code should rather check for the
> > > > return value and decide depending on the code path. I suspect removing
> > > > panic/nopanic would make the API slightly lighter.
> > >  
> > > I agree that panic/nopanic should be removed. But I prefer to start with
> > > equivalent replacement to make it as automated as possible and update
> > > memblock API when the dust settles a bit.
> > 
> > Yes, I agree with that approach. But that also doesn't justify the
> > renaming
> 
> Well, the renaming is automated :)

Yes, it is. It also adds churn to the code so I tend to prefer an
existing naming unless it is completely misleading or incomprehensible.

Is this something to lose sleep over. Absolutely not! Does it make sense
to discuss further? I do not think so. If you strongly believe that the
renaming is a good thing then just do it.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


Re: [RFC PATCH 07/29] memblock: remove _virt from APIs returning virtual address

2018-09-07 Thread Mike Rapoport
On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 10:47:56AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 07-09-18 11:42:12, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:46:27PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Thu 06-09-18 16:39:58, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:01:02PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > On Thu 06-09-18 15:43:21, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:28:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed 05-09-18 20:20:18, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mike Rapoport 
> > > > > > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > The conversion is done using
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > sed -i 's@memblock_virt_alloc@memblock_alloc@g' \
> > > > > > > > > > $(git grep -l memblock_virt_alloc)
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > What's the reason to do this? It seems like a lot of churn 
> > > > > > > > > even if a
> > > > > > > > > mechanical change.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I felt that memblock_virt_alloc_ is too long for a prefix, e.g:
> > > > > > > > memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic, 
> > > > > > > > memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > And for consistency I've changed the memblock_virt_alloc as 
> > > > > > > > well.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I would keep the current API unless the name is terribly 
> > > > > > > misleading or
> > > > > > > it can be improved a lot. Neither seems to be the case here. So I 
> > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > rather stick with the status quo.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm ok with the memblock_virt_alloc by itself, but having 'virt' in
> > > > > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_nopanic' and 
> > > > > > 'memblock_virt_alloc_low_nopanic'
> > > > > > reduces code readability in my opinion.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Well, is _nopanic really really useful in the name. Do we even 
> > > > > need/want
> > > > > implicit panic/nopanic semantic? The code should rather check for the
> > > > > return value and decide depending on the code path. I suspect removing
> > > > > panic/nopanic would make the API slightly lighter.
> > > >  
> > > > I agree that panic/nopanic should be removed. But I prefer to start with
> > > > equivalent replacement to make it as automated as possible and update
> > > > memblock API when the dust settles a bit.
> > > 
> > > Yes, I agree with that approach. But that also doesn't justify the
> > > renaming
> > 
> > Well, the renaming is automated :)
> 
> Yes, it is. It also adds churn to the code so I tend to prefer an
> existing naming unless it is completely misleading or incomprehensible.
> 
> Is this something to lose sleep over. Absolutely not! Does it make sense
> to discuss further? I do not think so. If you strongly believe that the
> renaming is a good thing then just do it.

I won't lose my sleep over it, but I do believe that renaming is a good thing. 
I think that in the end we'll be able to reduce the memblock allocation API
to a handful of memblock_alloc_ variants instead of ~20 we have now.

> -- 
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.