Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove camelcase in several files

From: Fabio M. De Francesco
Date: Thu Apr 08 2021 - 05:11:09 EST


On Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:54:09 AM CEST Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2021, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > On Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:36:32 AM CEST Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 10:07:14AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco
wrote:
> > > > Remove camelcase in a symbol that is used by several files.
> > >
> > > What symbol?
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. You mean
> > that I have to specify the name of the variable that I changed?
> > Or you mean that I shouldn't use the term "symbol" but write
> > "variable", "function", "macro", and so on?
>
> He wants the name of the symbol. Each changed line includes lots of
> symbols, so it is a significant effort to scan the patch to see what
> symbol is being changed.
>
> julia
>

Thank you for clarifying this topic,

Fabio

> > > > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> > > > @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct pwrctrl_priv {
> > > >
> > > > u8 LpsIdleCount;
> > > > u8 power_mgnt;
> > > > u8 org_power_mgnt;
> > > >
> > > > - u8 bFwCurrentInPSMode;
> > > > + u8 b_fw_current_in_ps_mode;
> > >
> > > The "b" here means "byte" so you can drop the "b_" as that means
> > > nothing, we do not use this type of notation in the kernel as the
> > > compiler can check it for us.
> >
> > OK, I didn't know what the 'b' meant in this context. I'll drop it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fabio
> >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
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