Re: [PATCHSET 1][PATCH 0/6] Filesystem AIO read/write

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:43:36 +0530
Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > The s/lock_page_slow/lock_page_blocking/ got lost.  I redid it.
> 
> I thought the lock_page_blocking was an alternative you had suggested
> to the __lock_page vs lock_page_async discussion which got resolved later.
> That is why I didn't make the change in this patchset.
> The call does not block in the async case, hence the choice of
> the _slow suffix (like in fs/buffer.c). But if lock_page_blocking()
> sounds more intuitive to you, that's OK. 

I thought people didn't like the "lock_page_slow" name.
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