linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: add Faraday FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet driver

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:30:57 +0800
From:	Po-Yu Chuang <ratbert.chuang@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ratbert@...aday-tech.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, dilinger@...ued.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: add Faraday FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet driver

Dear Joe,

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 17:40 +0800, Po-Yu Chuang wrote:
>> Well, TBH, I don't like this style because if I changed the
>> function name, the indentation might need to be adjusted.
>
> No worries.  That could happen using either style.
>
> There's no required style so you can use what you are
> most comfortable doing.  It's not a big deal at all.
>
>> Even worse, I got an infeasible case :-(
>>
>> static struct ftmac100_rxdes *ftmac100_rx_locate_first_segment(
>>                                                              struct ftmac100 *priv)
>>
>> I know my function names are quite long, but I like them to be descriptive.
>> Do you really insist on it?
>
> Here's a common alternative style for this case:
>
> static struct ftmac100_rxdes *
> ftmac100_rx_locate_first_segment(struct ftmac100 *priv)

OK, I see.

One more question: how to deal with this? Add a local variable for the
2nd argument?

	ftmac100_set_receive_ring_base(priv,
				       priv->descs_dma_addr + offsetof(struct ftmac100_descs, rxdes));

best regards,
Po-Yu Chuang
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