linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] iio: add struct declarations for iio types

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Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2022 13:01:28 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Gerald Loacker <gerald.loacker@...fvision.net>
Cc:     linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Jakob Hauser <jahau@...ketmail.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>,
        Michael Riesch <michael.riesch@...fvision.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] iio: add struct declarations for iio types

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 12:45:06PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 09:35:24AM +0100, Gerald Loacker wrote:

...

> > +struct iio_val_int_plus_micro {
> > +	int val_int;
> > +	int val_micro;
> > +};

Thinking more about naming, why not drop val_ completely?

	int integer;
	int micro;

?

> > +struct iio_val_int_plus_nano {
> > +	int val_int;
> > +	int val_nano;
> > +};
> > +
> > +struct iio_val_int_plus_micro_db {
> > +	int val_int;
> 
> 	int val_int_db; ?
> 
> > +	int val_micro_db;
> > +};
> 
> Actually why can't we simply do
> 
> typedef iio_val_int_plus_micro_db iio_val_int_plus_micro;
> 
> ?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko