linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 4/5] rtc: rtc-cmos: Rename ACPI-related functions

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Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2022 15:43:08 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 4/5] rtc: rtc-cmos: Rename ACPI-related functions

On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:22 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 09:01:50PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> >
> > The names of rtc_wake_setup() and cmos_wake_setup() don't indicate
> > that these functions are ACPI-related, which is the case, and the
> > former doesn't really reflect the role of the function.
> >
> > Rename them to acpi_rtc_event_setup() and cmos_acpi_wake_setup(),
> > respectively, to address this shortcoming.
>
> Hmm... I'm not sure I understand why in one case acpi is a prefix and
> in the other is kinda mid-suffix?

Because the former installs an ACPI RTC fixed event handler and the
latter populates the cmos_rtc data structure in the ACPI case.

Maybe it would be better to call the latter cmos_wake_setup_acpi().