linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wake_q: rename WAKE_Q to DEFINE_WAKE

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:13:45 -0800
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wake_q: rename WAKE_Q to DEFINE_WAKE_Q

On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Waiman Long wrote:

>Currently the wake_q data structure is defined by the WAKE_Q() macro.
>This macro, however, looks like a function doing something as "wake" is
>a verb. Even checkpatch.pl was confused as it reported warnings like
>
>  WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations
>  #548: FILE: kernel/futex.c:3665:
>  +	int ret;
>  +	WAKE_Q(wake_q);
>
>This patch renames the WAKE_Q() macro to DEFINE_WAKE_Q() which clarifies
>what the macro is doing and eliminates the checkpatch.pl warnings.

No objection from me. Ack.