Re: [RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Thu Feb 14 2008 - 19:24:55 EST


Hi Ray,

> > > i prefer another name [!relative].
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > I'll give the name some thought myself.
> > I like good names, and this is the right
> > time to get this one right.
>
> 'Relative map' implies a constant offset. What you have there is just
> a map as relmap could be sparse (which, btw, would have been nice to
> have in the example).
>
> map_bitmap violates your naming convention, bitmap_map isn't all that
> clear, bitmap_remap is taken, and while it is one-to-one and onto, I
> think calling it bitmap_bijection would lose everyone except the
> mathematicians. bitmap_onto? bitmap_map_onto? bitmap_map_bitmap_onto?

Thanks for many idea.
I like bitmap_onto and/or bitmap_map_onto. :)


- kosaki

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