linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] driver core: platform: Rename platform_dma

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Date:   Mon, 6 Dec 2021 15:43:12 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
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        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
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        Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@....nxp.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] driver core: platform: Rename
 platform_dma_configure()

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 06:13:01AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 08:53:07AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 09:58:48AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> > > The platform_dma_configure() is shared between platform and amba bus
> > > drivers. Rename the common helper to firmware_dma_configure() so that
> > > both platform and amba bus drivers could customize their dma_configure
> > > callbacks.
> > 
> > Please, if you are going to call these functions "firmware_" then move
> > them to the drivers/firmware/ location, they do not belong in
> > drivers/base/platform.c anymore, right?
> 
> firmware seems rather misnamed anyway, amba doesn't reall have anything
> to do with "firmware".

Then the name is not a good one and should be called something else :)