linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/17] staging: vt6655: changed variable names: wFB

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Message-ID: <6b13762a-704e-b97c-2eeb-d4533ac9e998@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 04:46:27 +0200
From:   Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To:     Tanjuate Brunostar <tanjubrunostar0@...il.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        outreachy@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/17] staging: vt6655: changed variable names: wFB_Opt0

On 10/26/22 01:36, Tanjuate Brunostar wrote:
> -static const unsigned short wFB_Opt0[2][5] = {
> +static const unsigned short w_fb_opt_0[2][5] = {
>   	{RATE_12M, RATE_18M, RATE_24M, RATE_36M, RATE_48M}, /* fallback_rate0 */
>   	{RATE_12M, RATE_12M, RATE_18M, RATE_24M, RATE_36M}, /* fallback_rate1 */
>   };

In this driver the variables often start with a "w" for "word", "p" for 
"pointer", "b" for "bool", "by" for "byte" and even "pv" for "pointer 
void"...
If possible I would omit those prefixes for the type as they sometimes 
make the variable names even longer and you need to consider how to 
break lines.

Bye Philipp