linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: xgifb: function definition argument should also have an identifier name

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:43:58 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>,
        arnaud.patard@...-net.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: xgifb: function definition argument should
 also have an identifier name

On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 02:03 +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> function definition argument 'struct vb_device_info *' should also have
> an identifier name.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_init.h b/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_init.h
[]
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  #ifndef _VBINIT_
>  #define _VBINIT_
>  unsigned char XGIInitNew(struct pci_dev *pdev);
> -void XGIRegInit(struct vb_device_info *, unsigned long);
> +void XGIRegInit(struct vb_device_info *pVBInfo, unsigned long);

Why do one argument but not the other?