linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel.h: rename pack_hex_byte to hex_pack

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Message-ID: <CAKiorj5MJ8_ZH-J-7GjNQLoPNTshFdrrHfjptgpgi_4mchHJYw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:32:07 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel.h: rename pack_hex_byte to hex_pack_byte

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com> wrote:
>> err, no thanks.  That's just going to hit everyone with great
>> screenfuls of compile warnings while waiting for someone else to fix
>> them up.
>
> Okay, what about renaming pack_hex_byte to hex_byte_pack and
> introducing temporary macro for backward compatibility?

It's better to convert all the in-kernel call sites at the same time
as adding the
__deprecated tag to the old function.
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