From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751805AbdKYWiU (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Nov 2017 17:38:20 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33328 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751395AbdKYWiT (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Nov 2017 17:38:19 -0500 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: References: <151153750657.21612.10476890406431199986.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Linus Torvalds Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Consolidate init_task handling MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <23235.1511649497.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:38:17 +0000 Message-ID: <23236.1511649497@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.39]); Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:38:19 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > Or at least it's a very unusual use of that word. Why doesn't the > explanation just say what it does: "move", and say from where to where > ("from macro to definition" or something)? > > Or "remove macro XYZ, expanding it in place", or something? To me, > "unroll" has a completely different meaning in computers. I don't remember why I used the word "Unroll", but "Expand X in place" seems a good substitute. Do you want me to repost the patches? David