linux-kernel - Re: thunderbolt: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the function call "ring

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Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:20:22 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: thunderbolt: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the function
 call "ring_free"

On Sun, 2014-11-23 at 15:14 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> 2. Are any additional prefixes appropriate so that further name space
> >>    conflicts can be better avoided?
> > 
> > To avoid possible external naming conflicts, add tb_ prefix to
> > various ring_<foo> structs and functions.
> 
> Do you imagine that any XEN software developers need also to reconsider
> this implementation detail?
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c?id=fc14f9c1272f62c3e8d01300f52467c0d9af50f9#n268

I think static functions can be named whatever
the developer chooses.


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