linux-kernel - Re: OPP: rename functions? (was [PATCH] OPP: Export opp

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Message-ID: <52026C66.2080509@ti.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Aug 2013 10:48:54 -0500
From:	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	<linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>, <patches@...aro.org>,
	<linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: OPP: rename functions? (was [PATCH] OPP: Export opp_add())

Rafael,
offline question:

On 08/06/2013 09:15 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 06, 2013 08:08:20 AM Nishanth Menon wrote:
>> change in subject to reflect new discussion.
>>
>> On 05:53-20130806, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On 08/03/2013 02:25 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:

>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(opp_add);
>>>
>>> Could it be renamed to pm_opp_add() or power_opp_add() ?
>>> The name is a bit too unspecific IMO.
>> Though this has nothing specific with this patch, an interesting point.
>>
>> git grep -w opp . showed drivers/tty/n_tty.c,
>> drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c and arch/powerpc/kvm/mpic.c using
>> variables named opp to mean what ever they had in context. rest(around
>> 40 odd files) seem to use opp as in Documentation/power/opp.txt..
>>
>> We could go with a pm_ prefix or even dev_pm_opp_ prefix to be more
>> specific, though I prefer just pm_. If Rafael and others are ok, I can
>> post a series out.
>
> Yup, that would be useful.  I'm for dev_pm_opp_ if that matters.

Given that there would be quiet a few conflicts, do you have a 
suggestion around what baseline I should submit this?


-- 
Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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