Re: [PATCH] staging: xgifb: function definition argument should also have an identifier name

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Feb 14 2017 - 22:38:22 EST


On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 09:01 +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> Hi Joe
> Sorry but I am unable to find the identifier of "unsigned long" .Shall you
> please help me in how to find the identifier.
> Thanks
> Arushi Singhal

$ git grep -w XGIRegInit
drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c:void XGIRegInit(struct vb_device_info *XGI_Pr, unsigned long BaseAddr)

> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 2:13 AM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 02:03 +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> > > function definition argument 'struct vb_device_info *' should also have
> > > an identifier name.
> >
> > []
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_init.h b/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_
> >
> > init.h
> > []
> > > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> > > #ifndef _VBINIT_
> > > #define _VBINIT_
> > > unsigned char XGIInitNew(struct pci_dev *pdev);
> > > -void XGIRegInit(struct vb_device_info *, unsigned long);
> > > +void XGIRegInit(struct vb_device_info *pVBInfo, unsigned long);
> >
> > Why do one argument but not the other?
> >
> >