Re: [Outreachy kernel][PATCH] staging: media: hantro: Rewrite macro function in lower case

From: ascordeiro
Date: Fri Apr 09 2021 - 13:36:33 EST


Em sex, 2021-04-09 às 14:15 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia escreveu:
> On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 14:00 -0300, ascordeiro wrote:
> > Em sex, 2021-04-09 às 13:44 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia escreveu:
> > > Hi Aline,
> >
> > Hi Ezequiel,
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 10:54 -0300, Aline Santana Cordeiro wrote:
> > > > Rewrite macros resembling functions #define HANTRO_PP_REG_WRITE
> > > > and #define HANTRO_PP_RED_WRITE_S in lower case, according with
> > > > code style.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Where is this written in the Coding Style?
> >
> > I found this in section 12, about Macros, Enums and RTL in both
> > references:
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
>
> It seems this
>
> """
> CAPITALIZED macro names are appreciated but macros resembling
> functions may be named in lower case.
> """
>
> It's just a suggestion, not a big deal. In general, if checkpatch.pl
> is not complaining, it's not worth the trouble.
>
> So let's skip this fix.
Okay! I'm going to check different problems with the checkpatch.pl
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Ezequiel
>
Thank you!
Aline