linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel][PATCH] staging: media: hantro: Rewrite macro function in lower case

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Date:   Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:15:56 -0300
From:   Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...labora.com>
To:     ascordeiro <alinesantanacordeiro@...il.com>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel][PATCH] staging: media: hantro: Rewrite macro
 function in lower case

On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 14:00 -0300, ascordeiro wrote:
> Em sex, 2021-04-09 às 13:44 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia escreveu:
> > Hi Aline,
> 
> Hi Ezequiel,
> > 
> > On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 10:54 -0300, Aline Santana Cordeiro wrote:
> > > Rewrite macros resembling functions #define HANTRO_PP_REG_WRITE
> > > and #define HANTRO_PP_RED_WRITE_S in lower case, according with
> > > code style.
> > > 
> > 
> > Where is this written in the Coding Style?
> 
> I found this in section 12, about Macros, Enums and RTL in both
> references:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst

It seems this

"""
CAPITALIZED macro names are appreciated but macros resembling functions may be named in lower case.
"""

It's just a suggestion, not a big deal. In general, if checkpatch.pl
is not complaining, it's not worth the trouble.

So let's skip this fix.

Thanks a lot!
Ezequiel