linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM: Prevent dpm_prepare() from returning errors unnecessarily

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Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:15:54 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
cc:	Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM: Prevent dpm_prepare() from returning errors
 unnecessarily

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> > Provided you repair the error that Lei Ming pointed out.  That's the 
> > problem with functions that return Boolean values -- you have to name 
> > them very carefully.  Ideally the name should be a predicate or a
> > question.
> 
> I already have fixed it.
> 
> The name is unfortunate indeed, perhaps it's better to call that function
> pm_new_wakeup_events() or something like this.

Or pm_any_wakeup_events().  And reverse the meaning of the return
value, of course -- it would be good to explain the return value in 
the kerneldoc.

Alan Stern

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