linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_security: fixed a camel case variable name coding style issue

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Date:   Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:39:31 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Zoeb Mithaiwala <zoebm@...gle.com>
Cc:     greg@...ah.com, trivial@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_security: fixed a camel
 case variable name coding style issue

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:11:51AM +0000, Zoeb Mithaiwala wrote:
> Changed additional 'n' from variable name. Corrected comment indentation.
> 

This is not how you're supposed to send a v2 patch.
https://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch  See the section on "Revising
your patches".

> @@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ void seccalctkipmic(
>  	u8  *header,
>  	u8  *data,
>  	u32  data_len,
> -	u8  *miccode,
> +	u8  *Miccode,
>  	u8   priority);
>  

Take a look at the naming in the .c file where the function is
implemented and use the same name in the .h file where it's declared.

regards,
dan carpenter