linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] drm/xen-front: Introduce Xen para-virtualized frontend driver

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Date:   Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:39:11 -0500
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...il.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, airlied@...ux.ie,
        daniel.vetter@...el.com, seanpaul@...omium.org,
        gustavo@...ovan.org, jgross@...e.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Cc:     Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] drm/xen-front: Introduce Xen para-virtualized
 frontend driver

On 02/23/2018 01:37 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> On 02/23/2018 12:23 AM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 02/21/2018 03:03 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>> +static struct xenbus_driver xen_driver = {
>>> +    .ids = xen_drv_ids,
>>> +    .probe = xen_drv_probe,
>>> +    .remove = xen_drv_remove,
>>> +    .otherend_changed = backend_on_changed,
>> What does "_on_" stand for?
> Well, it is somewhat like a hint that this is called "on" event,
> e.g. event when the other end state has changed, backend in this
> case. It could be something like "backend_on_state_changed"

If you look at other xenbus_drivers none of the uses this so I think we
should stick to conventional naming. (and the same applies to other
backend_on_* routines).

-boris