request->postfix = ring->tail;
 
        /* Not allowed to fail! */
-       ret = engine->emit_request(request);
-       WARN(ret, "(%s)->emit_request failed: %d!\n", engine->name, ret);
+       ret = engine->emit_breadcrumb(request);
+       WARN(ret, "(%s)->emit_breadcrumb failed: %d!\n", engine->name, ret);
 
        /* Sanity check that the reserved size was large enough. */
        ret = ring->tail - request_start;
 
        if (last)
                /* WaIdleLiteRestore:bdw,skl
                 * Apply the wa NOOPs to prevent ring:HEAD == req:TAIL
-                * as we resubmit the request. See gen8_emit_request()
+                * as we resubmit the request. See gen8_emit_breadcrumb()
                 * for where we prepare the padding after the end of the
                 * request.
                 */
  * restore with HEAD==TAIL (WaIdleLiteRestore).
  */
 
-static int gen8_emit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
+static int gen8_emit_breadcrumb(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
        struct intel_ring *ring = request->ring;
        int ret;
        return intel_logical_ring_advance(request);
 }
 
-static int gen8_emit_request_render(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
+static int gen8_emit_breadcrumb_render(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
        struct intel_ring *ring = request->ring;
        int ret;
        engine->init_hw = gen8_init_common_ring;
        engine->reset_hw = reset_common_ring;
        engine->emit_flush = gen8_emit_flush;
-       engine->emit_request = gen8_emit_request;
+       engine->emit_breadcrumb = gen8_emit_breadcrumb;
        engine->submit_request = execlists_submit_request;
 
        engine->irq_enable = gen8_logical_ring_enable_irq;
                engine->init_hw = gen8_init_render_ring;
        engine->init_context = gen8_init_rcs_context;
        engine->emit_flush = gen8_emit_flush_render;
-       engine->emit_request = gen8_emit_request_render;
+       engine->emit_breadcrumb = gen8_emit_breadcrumb_render;
 
        ret = intel_engine_create_scratch(engine, 4096);
        if (ret)
 
                        intel_ring_offset(request->ring, request->tail));
 }
 
-static int i9xx_emit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
+static int i9xx_emit_breadcrumb(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 {
        struct intel_ring *ring = req->ring;
        int ret;
 }
 
 /**
- * gen6_sema_emit_request - Update the semaphore mailbox registers
+ * gen6_sema_emit_breadcrumb - Update the semaphore mailbox registers
  *
  * @request - request to write to the ring
  *
  * Update the mailbox registers in the *other* rings with the current seqno.
  * This acts like a signal in the canonical semaphore.
  */
-static int gen6_sema_emit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
+static int gen6_sema_emit_breadcrumb(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 {
        int ret;
 
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
-       return i9xx_emit_request(req);
+       return i9xx_emit_breadcrumb(req);
 }
 
-static int gen8_render_emit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
+static int gen8_render_emit_breadcrumb(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 {
        struct intel_engine_cs *engine = req->engine;
        struct intel_ring *ring = req->ring;
        engine->init_hw = init_ring_common;
        engine->reset_hw = reset_ring_common;
 
-       engine->emit_request = i9xx_emit_request;
+       engine->emit_breadcrumb = i9xx_emit_breadcrumb;
        if (i915.semaphores)
-               engine->emit_request = gen6_sema_emit_request;
+               engine->emit_breadcrumb = gen6_sema_emit_breadcrumb;
        engine->submit_request = i9xx_submit_request;
 
        if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 8)
 
        if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 8) {
                engine->init_context = intel_rcs_ctx_init;
-               engine->emit_request = gen8_render_emit_request;
+               engine->emit_breadcrumb = gen8_render_emit_breadcrumb;
                engine->emit_flush = gen8_render_ring_flush;
                if (i915.semaphores)
                        engine->semaphore.signal = gen8_rcs_signal;
 
 #define I915_DISPATCH_SECURE BIT(0)
 #define I915_DISPATCH_PINNED BIT(1)
 #define I915_DISPATCH_RS     BIT(2)
-       int             (*emit_request)(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
+       int             (*emit_breadcrumb)(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
 
        /* Pass the request to the hardware queue (e.g. directly into
         * the legacy ringbuffer or to the end of an execlist).