On 22.11.2019 00:53, Robert Elz wrote: > Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:19:51 +0100 > From: Maxime Villard <m...@m00nbsd.net> > Message-ID: <c7e6d254-ff36-d00a-8ee4-2f6b292cd...@m00nbsd.net> > > | So in the end which name do we use? Are people really unhappy with > _racy()? > | At least it has a general meaning, and does not imply atomicity or > ordering. > > I dislike naming discussions, as in general, while there are often a > bunch of obviously incorrect names (here for example, read_page_data() ...) > there is very rarely one obviously right answer, and it all really just > becomes > a matter of choice for whoever is doing it. > > Nevertheless, perhaps something that says more what is actually happening, > rather than mentions what doesn't matter (races here), so perhaps something > like {read,write}_single_cycle() or {read,write}_1_bus_xact() or something > along those lines ? > > kre >
I think that picking C11 terminology is the way forward. It's settled probably forever now and it will be simpler to find corresponding documentation and specification of it.
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