linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] fs: unicode: Rename function names from utf8 to unicode

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Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:24:23 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>
Cc:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
        chao@...nel.org, krisman@...labora.com, drosen@...gle.com,
        yuchao0@...wei.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...labora.com,
        andre.almeida@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] fs: unicode: Rename function names from utf8 to
 unicode

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 05:38:09AM +0530, Shreeya Patel wrote:
> Rename the function names from utf8 to unicode for taking the first step
> towards the transformation of utf8-core file into the unicode subsystem
> layer file.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>

Can you add some more explanation about why this change is beneficial?  The
functions still seem tied to UTF-8 specifically.

- Eric