linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: mobiveil: Fix csr

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Date:   Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:15:04 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Andrew Murray <andrew.murray@....com>
Cc:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hou Zhiqiang <Zhiqiang.Hou@....com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Minghuan Lian <Minghuan.Lian@....com>,
        Subrahmanya Lingappa <l.subrahmanya@...iveil.co.in>,
        Karthikeyan Mitran <m.karthikeyan@...iveil.co.in>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: mobiveil: Fix csr_read/write build issue

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 10:29:34AM +0100, Andrew Murray wrote:
> Though I'd be just as happy if the csr_[read,write][l,] functions were
> renamed to mobiveil_csr_[read,write][l,].

Please do that instead, using such generic names as csr_* in a driver
is a bad idea, with or without a __ prefix.