linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] staging:rtl8192u: Remove typedef of struct cmpk_txfb_t

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Message-ID: <20180729094603.GA21046@xux707-tw>
Date:   Sun, 29 Jul 2018 10:46:04 +0100
From:   John Whitmore <arigead@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        kstewart@...uxfoundation.org, pombredanne@...b.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] staging:rtl8192u: Remove typedef of struct
 cmpk_txfb_t - Style

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:10:55AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 11:16:21PM +0100, John Whitmore wrote:
> > -typedef struct tag_cmd_pkt_tx_feedback {
> > +struct cmpk_txfb_t {
> >  	/* DWORD 0 */
> >  	u8	element_id;			/* Command packet type. */
> >  	u8	length;				/* Command packet length. */
> > @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ typedef struct tag_cmd_pkt_tx_feedback {
> >  	/* DWORD 5 */
> >  	u16	reserve3;
> >  	u16	duration;
> > -} cmpk_txfb_t;
> > +};
> 
> People use the "_t" to try to denote a "typedef".  When converting to
> just a structure, there is no need to keep the _t anymore at all, so
> this should just be "struct cmpk_txfb".
> 
> Or just drop the typedef and use the name for the struct they had here
> already, "struct tag_cmd_pkt_tx_feedback", that also would work.
> 
> Same for all of the other patches in this series.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Oops again. Sorry, that should have occured to me. I'll fix up the affected
and resend.

thank you

jwhitmore