From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17812C3245; Wed, 20 May 2026 02:09:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779242944; cv=none; b=I66WBqYc/GyY7RGfqpmSi/fLLNB+udFsijxcHUedQcQU/IuMPt/QvypwHyXfbGJHEAFV6Brs7+4LYoWLpZhOSMnawTQq4XikuSwkbnvG17Cop7Wpm+oRXRdBofpaqSzR0wsu/3Un4eejn8cljbq/WMGyVQaDMaepYOAmnIDynP0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779242944; c=relaxed/simple; bh=t/zcxRnmWow/5jiKAHWJPO/z52Ho0PtKFjig7sSxFyc=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=fFI5u2RNdi/iHPQ8CyjU5ulO+1gsSf1OKGiSdEJH6kjG/a6gVkBoIHPqA2nzR+RpR39CindZ/eQkqiBSHq5Rrosmm605gomAGumziS4K+CSzvKe+Y1agd+TAIQ4nu185xRea6AEs83sMTuzTV1DsMfZVQl9LOB3/N7y8VAoZXyU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=arm.com header.i=@arm.com header.b=fCQnfIwc; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=arm.com header.i=@arm.com header.b="fCQnfIwc" Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73129355D; Tue, 19 May 2026 19:08:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.164.18.45] (unknown [10.164.18.45]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 63B9C3F7B4; Tue, 19 May 2026 19:08:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=arm.com; s=foss; t=1779242935; bh=t/zcxRnmWow/5jiKAHWJPO/z52Ho0PtKFjig7sSxFyc=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=fCQnfIwcTX0WscYmYVgcPeWcYVVdX9wlLPvNH72MeszU1VayFwTUD2vFsJ6PYR8Si SYKjKQx1RjR3VrZs5CR+egCRla1umReo9RHvaigqPs18mXW1O4foKIltE/GDDULh6I LqPVZT7yDFT5BQ6d7MCuTPvtXW/9KzI6D1i/sf+g= Message-ID: <2f60361d-43b9-4f7f-b786-7852d081f4a1@arm.com> Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 07:38:50 +0530 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Rename ptdesc_t To: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" , Will Deacon , Mike Rapoport Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Catalin Marinas , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260430034933.541634-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com> <34c31f7a-e3e5-47c1-9e41-e6e9a90e89d3@kernel.org> Content-Language: en-US From: Anshuman Khandual In-Reply-To: <34c31f7a-e3e5-47c1-9e41-e6e9a90e89d3@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 19/05/26 4:32 PM, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: > On 5/19/26 12:44, Will Deacon wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 09:51:46AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote: >>> Hi Anshuman, >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 04:49:33AM +0100, Anshuman Khandual wrote: >>>> ptdesc_t sounds very similar to the core MM struct ptdesc which is actually >>>> the memory descriptor for page table allocations. Hence rename this typedef >>>> element as pxxval_t instead for better clarity and separation. >>> >>> Maybe we should keep the "pt" prefix and make it "ptval_t"? >> >> Yeah, the 'pxx' prefix really hurts my eyes. Please use something else! > > Fine with me as long as we don't call it something with "pte" in it. > Seems like there are two choices here (A) pxdval_t (B) ptval_t which Mike had suggested earlier Unless there is a preference will probably go with pxdval_t