linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: gdm724x: hci: Changed camel-case to snake-case.

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Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:44:21 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...alin.org>, jonathankim@...semi.com,
        deanahn@...semi.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: gdm724x: hci: Changed camel-case to snake-case.

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 01:45:58PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 02:39:28AM -0800, Quytelda Kahja wrote:
> > Changed a variable name from camel to snake case to fix a coding style
> > issue.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/gdm724x/hci_packet.h | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/hci_packet.h b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/hci_packet.h
> > index 22ce8b9477b6..f8837c7103ac 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/hci_packet.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/hci_packet.h
> > @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct tlv {
> >  struct sdu_header {
> >  	__dev16 cmd_evt;
> >  	__dev16 len;
> > -	__dev32 dftEpsId;
> > +	__dev32 dft_eps_ID;
> 
> I bet this is a part of the user space ABI or there is a specific reason
> for the name to match the spec or something so it can't be changed...

This structure is not even used anywhere :(

Quytelda, can you just remove all unused structure definitions from this
driver?  That would be a much better patch here instead of changing a
structure field that no one uses.

thanks,

greg k-h