linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 2/5] staging: vt6655: Rename `byInitCount` variable

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Date:   Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:38:46 +0100
From:   Karolina Drobnik <karolinadrobnik@...il.com>
To:     Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
Cc:     outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        forest@...ttletooquiet.net, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 2/5] staging: vt6655: Rename
 `byInitCount` variable

Hi Alison,

On Fri, 2021-10-22 at 09:40 -0700, Alison Schofield wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 10:37:15AM +0100, Karolina Drobnik wrote:
> > Drop Hungarian notation in `byInitCount` variable in
> > `RFvWriteWakeProgSyn` function. Change it to use snake case.
> > 
> > Fix issue detected by checkpatch.pl:
> >   CHECK: Avoid CamelCase: <byInitCount>
> 
> Hi Karolina,
> 
> This comment is for all the patches.
> 
> Commit msg:
> We've got plenty of space on that line, how about:
> "Rename byInitCount init_count"
> 
> (I say this because when someone searches by the oneliners it's
> nice to give as many keywords as possible - within the line limit)

Ok, will do my best to include it in my upcoming patchset.

> Commit log:
> The log (why this patch is important) seems to be saying that
> snake case is the fix for Hungarian notation. I don't think that
> is completely true. Snake case avoids the camel case of Hungarian
> notation, but we are also dropping the type descriptor which is
> another signature of Hungarian notation.
> 
> Perhaps this would be more direct:
> 
> To align with the kernel coding style, remove the type from
> the variable name and do not use CamelCase.

Ok, I'll use this format from now on.


Thanks,
Karolina