linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/5] lib: add unpack_hex

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Message-Id: <20110919232602.ac450450.akpm00@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:26:02 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm00@...il.com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>,
	target-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/5] lib: add unpack_hex_byte()

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:04:00 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com> wrote:
> >> > Finally, the name is poor. __It starts with "unpack_", so it belongs to
> >> > the "unpack" subsystem. __There's no such thing. __Something like
> >> > hex_byte_to_bin() would be better.
> >>
> >> agreed. __It was suppose to parallel the existing pack_hex_byte().
> >
> > hex_byte_pack() :)
> Have you just proposed to do mass rename of pack_hex_byte() to the
> hex_byte_pack()?

It's very minor, but I suppose we should, if someone feels like it.

We should retain a

char * __deprecated pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
{
	return hex_byte_pack(buf, byte);
}

for a few cycles to minimise harm to out-of-tree code.
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