[PATCH 10/30] staging: sync: Export sync API symbols

[Erik Gilling]

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Erik Gilling <konkers at android.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:59 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz at linaro.org> wrote:
>> Given its the sync driver, its most obvious choice, but I agree its likely
>> to collide with filesystem related or other sync_ named functions that don't
>> have a subsystem prefix.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> The only good alternative I can think of is that in some private
>> conversations with DanielV, he referred to Android using "sync-points".
>>
>> Erik: Would syncpoint_ be an ok prefix? Or do you have other ideas?
>
> syncpoint would be semantically weird when you end up with struct
> syncpoint_pt.  I'm open to suggestions as long as it works with
> XXXX_pt, XXXX_timeline, and XXXX_fence.  I'll ask around the office
> and see if someone has a good idea.

Colin Cross pointed out that this is limited to sync_fence_*,
sync_pt_*, and sync_timeline_* and not sync_* so it's much less likely
to have naming collisions.

Cheers,
  Erik