linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] edac: Use 'ret' instead of 'res' to store the return value

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Message-ID: <4f96d85f-a7a6-531b-a032-a04e51a218cc@huawei.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Jun 2021 09:40:19 +0800
From:   "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <morbidrsa@...il.com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>,
        Jan Luebbe <jlu@...gutronix.de>,
        Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
        "Channagoud Kadabi" <ckadabi@...eaurora.org>,
        Venkata Narendra Kumar Gutta <vnkgutta@...eaurora.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Khuong Dinh <khuong@...amperecomputing.com>,
        York Sun <york.sun@....com>,
        linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mips <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] edac: Use 'ret' instead of 'res' to store the
 return value



On 2021/5/31 22:57, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:53:02PM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
>> Usually 'ret' or 'rc' is used as the abbreviation for 'return code', and
>> 'res' is used as the abbreviation for 'resource'.
> 
> Or "result."

https://www.allacronyms.com/result/abbreviated

It seems 'res' is the right abbreviation for 'result'. But since people see 'res',
it's easier to associate 'resource', it's probably better to use it sparingly.
And it seems that 'ret' and 'rc' are used more frequently.

However, the greens and radishes have their own love. So I'm fine with ignoring
this patch.

> 
> Please refrain from doing pointless patches like that - it is a totally
> unnecessary churn.

OK

>