some shared snapshot readability improvements
 

Hi

Is it needed to just rename variables?

It doesn't add readability, the new variable names are no more readable
than the old ones --- chaning "s" and "p" to "ps" and "dm" to "s" doesn't
seem to make anything but confusion.

Mikulas

On Fri, 2 Apr 2010, Mike Snitzer wrote:

> Quite a lot of churn but I think it is for the better in the end.
>
> (I developed these changes on Wednesday but just got around to getting
> them sent out now)
>
> Mike Snitzer (7):
> document low hanging fruit to help improve code readability
> Improve name used for "persistent store" in 'struct dm_multisnap'
> Avoid exception store being confused with snapshot 's'
> Avoid struct members with the name 'dm'
> rename snapid members to use 'snapid' names
> move individual dm_multisnap 'flags' values
> Removed remaining 'struct dm_exception_store' FIXMEs.
>
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-alloc.c | 271 +++++++++---------
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-blocks.c | 118 ++++----
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-btree.c | 330 +++++++++++-----------
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-commit.c | 140 +++++-----
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-daniel.c | 32 +-
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-delete.c | 70 +++---
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-freelist.c | 96 ++++----
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-io.c | 148 +++++-----
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-mikulas-struct.h | 8 +-
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-mikulas.c | 441 +++++++++++++++---------------
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-mikulas.h | 110 ++++----
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-private.h | 8 +-
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap-snaps.c | 234 ++++++++--------
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap.c | 72 +++---
> drivers/md/dm-multisnap.h | 38 ++--
> 15 files changed, 1060 insertions(+), 1056 deletions(-)
>

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some shared snapshot readability improvements
 

Hi,

Using 's' for something other than snapshot is confusing. 'ps' is
better than 'p' as it builds on other snapshot code that established
the use of 'ps' for a persistent store. And using 'dm' for
dm_multisnap is just awkward.

Figured it best to make all variables consistent across the codebase.
If there were accessor functions these renames wouldn't be so
wide-spread but I can easily see why accessors weren't ever
introduced.

I believe the new names and consistency to be better. If you think
it's a problem to make these edits then feel free to ignore them.

Mike

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is it needed to just rename variables?
>
> It doesn't add readability, the new variable names are no more readable
> than the old ones --- chaning "s" and "p" to "ps" and "dm" to "s" doesn't
> seem to make anything but confusion.
>
> Mikulas
>
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010, Mike Snitzer wrote:
>
>> Quite a lot of churn but I think it is for the better in the end.
>>
>> (I developed these changes on Wednesday but just got around to getting
>> them sent out now)
>>
>> Mike Snitzer (7):
>> * document low hanging fruit to help improve code readability
>> * Improve name used for "persistent store" in 'struct dm_multisnap'
>> * Avoid exception store being confused with snapshot 's'
>> * Avoid struct members with the name 'dm'
>> * rename snapid members to use 'snapid' names
>> * move individual dm_multisnap 'flags' values
>> * Removed remaining 'struct dm_exception_store' FIXMEs.
>>
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-alloc.c * * * * *| *271 +++++++++---------
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-blocks.c * * * * | *118 ++++----
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-btree.c * * * * *| *330 +++++++++++-----------
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-commit.c * * * * | *140 +++++-----
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-daniel.c * * * * | * 32 +-
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-delete.c * * * * | * 70 +++---
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-freelist.c * * * | * 96 ++++----
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-io.c * * * * * * | *148 +++++-----
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-mikulas-struct.h | * *8 +-
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-mikulas.c * * * *| *441 +++++++++++++++---------------
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-mikulas.h * * * *| *110 ++++----
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-private.h * * * *| * *8 +-
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap-snaps.c * * * * *| *234 ++++++++--------
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap.c * * * * * * * *| * 72 +++---
>> *drivers/md/dm-multisnap.h * * * * * * * *| * 38 ++--
>> *15 files changed, 1060 insertions(+), 1056 deletions(-)
>>
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