linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] ALSA: compress: add new ioctl for setting codec parameters

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:36:02 -0500
From:   Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        broonie@...nel.org
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com,
        lgirdwood@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tiwai@...e.com,
        vkoul@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] ALSA: compress: add new ioctl for setting
 codec parameters




>>>    * and the stream properties
>>> + * @set_codec_params: Sets the compressed stream codec parameters, 
>>> Optional
>>> + * This can be called in during gapless next track codec change only 
>>> to set
>>> + * codec params
>>
>> Would it be clearer if this was called set_next_codec_params()? or 
>> set_next_track_codec_params()?
>>
>> Having set_params() and set_codec_params() is a bit confusing since 
>> the semantic difference is not captured in the callback name.
> 
> set_next_track_codec_params seems more sensible as its next track params.
> Will change this in next version!

maybe set_params() and set_next_track_params() are enough, not sure if 
the codec reference helps?