Thread (44 messages) 44 messages, 14 authors, 2017-12-22

Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation

From: Cyril Hrubis <hidden>
Date: 2017-12-13 14:42:18
Also in: linux-api, linux-mm, lkml

Hi!
You selected stupid name for a flag. Everyone and their dog agrees
with that. There's even consensus on better name (and everyone agrees
it is better than .._SAFE). Of course, we could have debate if it is
NOREPLACE or NOREMOVE or ... and that would be bikeshed. This was just
poor naming on your part.
Well while everybody agrees that the name is so bad that basically
anything else would be better, there does not seem to be consensus on
which one to pick. I do understand that this frustrating and fruitless.

So what do we do now, roll a dice to choose new name?

Or do we ask BFDL[1] to choose the name?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life

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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org
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