linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] staging: vt6655: fix camelcase in bShortSlotTime

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Message-ID: <YVKdVCaVwmPG7DVx@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:43:00 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tommaso Merciai <tomm.merciai@...il.com>
Cc:     Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        Lucas Henneman <lucas.henneman@...aro.org>,
        Yujia Qiao <rapiz@...mail.com>,
        Madhumitha Prabakaran <madhumithabiw@...il.com>,
        Marcos Antonio de Jesus Filho <mdejesusfilho@...il.com>,
        Aldas Taraškevičius <aldas60@...il.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Deepak R Varma <mh12gx2825@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] staging: vt6655: fix camelcase in bShortSlotTime

On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:35:15PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 05:26:14PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 06:25:18PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> > > Replace camel case variable bShortSlotTime with snake case
> > > variable b_short_slot_time.
> > 
> > That is a very odd variable name.  Why did you pick that one?
> > 
> > What deos it mean?
> > 
> > You do understand where the original naming format came from here, and
> > what it was trying to represent, right?  If not, please go read up on
> > it:
> > 	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation
> > 
> > That style is not used in Linux, and so, when converting from it, do not
> > attempt to keep the same style present here, that is kind of pointless,
> > don't you agree?
> 
>   You are definitely right. What do you think about "short_slot_time"?

"time" implies that this will hold a value of time, right?

What exactly does this variable do?  That might help in naming it
better.

thanks,

greg k-h