linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: dgnc: Replace CamelCase namings with underscores.

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Message-ID: <CACE=8T=eNkU2=eE8hby5bnyk9B3AvKvkFo-+jv7raOJf6_qSVw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:58:34 +0530
From:   Pankaj Bharadiya <pankaj.bharadiya@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Lidza Louina <lidza.louina@...il.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: dgnc: Replace CamelCase namings with underscores.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 01:13:55AM +0530, Pankaj Bharadiya wrote:
> > Replace CamelCase names with underscores to comply with the standard
> > kernel coding style.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Bharadiya <pankaj.bharadiya@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
> > index ef9a45b..1a21902 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
> > @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
> >  /*
> >   * internal variables
> >   */
> > -static unsigned char         *dgnc_TmpWriteBuf;
> > +static unsigned char         *dgnc_tmp_write_buf;
>
> Why not just fix the code to not have this variable at all?  It's not
> correct to have it from what I can tell...
>
> Also, you modify many different variables all at once, can you please
> just modify one at a time (one per patch), to make it more obvious it is
> correct?
>
> >  /*
> >   * Default transparent print information.
> > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
> >   * This defines a raw port at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity,
> >   * 1 stop bit.
> >   */
> > -static struct ktermios DgncDefaultTermios = {
> > +static struct ktermios dgnc_default_termios = {
>
> rename to "default_termios"?
>
> No need to keep the driver name prefix on a static variable, right?
>
Hi Greg,

Thank you for your comments.
I have submitted v2 patchset. I hope that makes more sense now.

Thanks,
Pankaj

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h