Re: [PATCH 03/43] conf: nwfilter_ipaddrmap: convert virMutex to GMutex

On 4/10/20 9:54 AM, Rafael Fonseca wrote: The documentation for the G_LOCK() macros says that the name provided in the args will be mangled, so you can just use the same name as the object you're going to lock, e.g.: G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC(ipAddressMap); instead of "ipAddressMapLock". The upside is that's less typing, and if you do a keyword search you'll find all the places where ipAddressMap is locked/unlocked along with its uses. The downside would be that you couldn't as easily do a keyword search for just the lock manipulation (you'd need to use a regex to search for "G_.*ipAddressMap" or something like that); I still kind of like the idea of using the exact same name, just because it encourages consistency. Beyond that, why not just use the G_*() macros for *all* locks in libvirt instead of only using them in cases of static locks? It seems strange to use the convenience macros in some cases and the raw functions in others. (I'm looking at this with 0 experience using the Glib locks, so maybe there's something basic I'm just not aware of - maybe something necessary is missing from the G_LOCK() macros?).