linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: iio/meter: add name to function definition arguments

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Date:   Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:16:58 -0200
From:   Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@....com>
Cc:     "lars@...afoo.de" <lars@...afoo.de>,
        "knaack.h@....de" <knaack.h@....de>,
        "Michael.Hennerich@...log.com" <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
        "jic23@...nel.org" <jic23@...nel.org>,
        "pmeerw@...erw.net" <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: iio/meter: add name to function definition
 arguments

Hi Daniel

> Hi Rodrigo,
> 
> I think this is a nice finding. One comment inline:
> 
> On Vi, 2018-02-16 at 10:50 -0200, rodrigosiqueira wrote:
> > This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning:
> > 
> > drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854.h:157: WARNING: function definition
> > argument 'struct device *' should also have an identifier name...
> > 
> > +	int (*read_reg_32)(struct device *dev, u16 reg_address, u32 *val);
> > +	int (*write_reg_8)(struct device *dev, u16 reg_address, u8 value);
> 
> 
> Any particular reason for using val vs value? I get that one is a pointer
> and another a plain type, but I think the name should be the same.

Before I selected the name, I figure out that read_reg_* and write_reg_*
was assigned inside the iio/meter/ade7754-(i2c|spi).c files by function
like ade7754_*_read_reg_* and ade7754_*_write_reg_* .

I considered to use 'value' name for both functions parameters, however,
I noticed that function ade7754_*_write_reg_* adopted the name 'value'
for the last argument and ade7754_*_read_reg_* named the last argument
as 'val'. So, for consistency sake between the header file and the c
code, I decided to use the same parameter name patterns.


> thanks,
> Daniel.
>

Thanks