Re: [RFC] Rename _bh to _softirq

Maksim (maxk@qualcomm.com)
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:34:02 -0700


At 05:57 AM 10/15/2002 +0400, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
>Hello!
>
> > But yes, i agree, and there are a number of other
> > renames that would make perfect sense.
>
>Oh, do you dislike names with history? I love them. :-)
>Well, bh is short, looks nice and cryptic enough.
>
>After true BHs have gone, just say that "bh" is alias for "softirq".
Sure. Just like I said we can keep compatibility defines
#define local_bh_disable local_softirq_disable

But primary interface should be changed IMO.

Max

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