linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] printk: rename selected_console -> preferred

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Date:   Fri, 3 Mar 2017 01:09:28 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@...aro.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        "Nair, Jayachandran" <Jayachandran.Nair@...ium.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] printk: rename selected_console ->
 preferred_console

On (03/02/17 10:01), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > The variable selected_console is set in __add_preferred_console()
> > to point to the last console parameter that was added to the
> > console_cmdline array.
> > 
> > Rename it to preferred_console so that the name reflects the usage.
> 
> As I said previously, I prefer "selected_console" but since
> "__add_preferred_console()" sets it, I'm fine with this change.
> Although, I would probably have changed that function to
> "__add_selected_console()" :)
> 
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

agree, I'd *probably* do a function rename. just 3 lines of code to
touch (afaics).

Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>

	-ss