linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: sm750: Rename function to avoid CamelCase

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Message-ID: <ZBCjK2BXhfiFooeO@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:39:07 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
Cc:     Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>,
        Kloudifold <cloudifold.3125@...il.com>,
        teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, outreachy@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: sm750: Rename function to avoid CamelCase

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 09:04:53AM -0700, Alison Schofield wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 01:07:59AM +0100, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> > On 3/13/23 21:43, Kloudifold wrote:
> > > The sm750 driver had some functions named in CamelCase,
> > > which violates the kernel's naming convention.
> > > In this patch, I rename these functions to snake case,
> > > which is the expected style.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > please make the Subject more unique. Many patches could have this name.
> > Look for examples in:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/
> > 
> > Please use your full name consisting of a given name and a family name in
> > front of your email. Or is this not possible and "Kloudifold" is both?
> 
> Kloudifold,
> 
> It'll probably take a bit for the change, allowing pseudonyms, to become
> common knowledge. When the question comes up, you can just point to the
> latest update to Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst as I've
> done below.
> 
> Phillip,
> I commented similar to you, and then discovered this:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330
> 
> Pseudonyms now allowed.

"Known pseudonyms" are now allowed.  So that means that somehow I need
to "know" this is actually a pseudonym and that it is unique and so on.
As you are dealing with outreachy already, odds are you have to use a
non-pseudonym for them in order to track patches and payments and the
like, so please use the identifier you use with outreachy.

thanks,

greg k-h