linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/10] misc: eeprom: eeprom_93cx6: Repair function arg descriptions

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jun 2020 09:46:59 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     arnd@...db.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] misc: eeprom: eeprom_93cx6: Repair function arg
 descriptions

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020, Wolfram Sang wrote:

> 
> > > > @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eeprom_93cx6_readb);
> > > >   * @eeprom: Pointer to eeprom structure
> > > >   * @byte: Index from where we should start reading
> > > >   * @data: target pointer where the information will have to be stored
> > > > - * @words: Number of bytes that should be read.
> > > > + * @bytes: Number of bytes that should be read.
> > > 
> > > Now we have 'byte' and 'bytes' here as arguments which is confusing. I
> > > think renaming 'words' into 'num_bytes' would be even better.
> > 
> > I await your patch with bated breath. :)
> 
> ? You are touching it already, why a second patch?

Because it's a different change.  One that's orthogonal to this set,
which is designed simply to ensure the documentation matches reality.

The author decided on this (less than ideal [in our humble opinion])
nomenclature from the function's inception back in 2013.  Maybe there
are good reasons for it to be this way.  Either way, it might require
a dialogue.  For this set I'd rather stick to the script.

That said, I genuinely don't mind drafting a patch to fix this.  If I
am to do so, it would also be as part as a subsequent effort.

You or me - your call.  Happy either way.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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