From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] jobstats: change jobstats_abort to jobstats_cancel
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:10:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230818091051.3f2b95d1@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZN81KkDBIPy3Zzpw@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com>
On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:08:58 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 07:52:36PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > The term abort is on the "Replace now" list of words.
> > Use cancel instead.
> >
> I see cancel generally being used as a replacement throughout this
> patchset, but I wonder if the use of th term could be confusing as it
> doesn't strictly match the term "abort" at least to my mind.
>
> When an operation is aborted, (to me anyway) it generally means that the
> operation is just stopped at whatever point it is at, and nothing more is
> done. However, when an operation is cancelled, that would imply to me that
> the operation is not only stopped, but whatever tasks were already done by
> that operation are undone. Would others share this understanding? If so, we
> should make the rollback/no-rollback behaviour clear.
>
> /Bruce
It seemed like the best of the alternatives proposed here:
https://inclusivenaming.org/word-lists/tier-1/abort/
Recommended Replacements
User-Initiated Termination
Force quit
Cancel
System-Initiated Termination
Fail
Close (app, program, connection)
End
Halt
Hard stop
Stop (something you triggered)
I don't think the rollback semantics are implied by either word.
They should be spelled out more though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-18 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-18 2:52 [PATCH 00/14] remove use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 01/14] jobstats: change jobstats_abort to jobstats_cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 9:08 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-18 16:10 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 02/14] all: remove use of word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 4:04 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 03/14] pipeline: remove use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 04/14] net/vmxnet3: replace abort() with rte_panic() Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 05/14] event/dlb2: remove word abort in comments Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 06/14] net/vdev_netvsc: replace use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 07/14] net/netvsc: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 08/14] net/ionic: remove word aborting Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 09/14] net/bnx2x: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 10/14] net/mlx5: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 11/14] net/softnic: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 12/14] net/mlx4: remove word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 13/14] sfc: remove use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 14/14] net/axgbe: replace word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] Replace us of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] jobstats: change jobstats_abort to jobstats_cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] all: remove use of word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] pipeline: remove use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] net/vmxnet3: replace abort() with rte_panic() Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] event/dlb2: remove word abort in comments Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] net/vdev_netvsc: replace use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] net/netvsc: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 22:26 ` Long Li
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] net/ionic: remove word aborting Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] net/bnx2x: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] net/mlx5: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] net/softnic: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] net/mlx4: remove word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] net/axgbe: replace " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-30 16:49 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] Replace us of term abort Thomas Monjalon
2023-09-06 19:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-06 21:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-09-06 23:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
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