linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] ia64: rename platform_* to ia64_platform

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:41:58 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	"Wu, Fengguang" <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] ia64: rename platform_* to ia64_platform_*

On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 18:37 +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> >> Is platform_name particularly special?
> 
> Yes. It is the symbol that is currently colliding with other subsystem namespace.
> 
> >> Perhaps it's be better to rename all the other
> >> platform_<foo> uses to ia64_platform_<foo>
> >
> > That's good point in general, oh well I just wanted to make the minimal change..
> 
> Following that logic there isn't anything special about symbols starting with
> "platform" ... and we should hunt down every global symbol in every architecture
> that is local to the architecture and replace it with $arch_$symbol.
> 
> I think I'll just take the minimal patch to fix "platform_name" and continue to
> use a "fix as problems occur" algorithm to the namespace pollution problem.

That can lead to a lot of naming inconsistencies.

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