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

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Date:   Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:50:57 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Kloudifold <cloudifold.3125@...il.com>,
        Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
Cc:     teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, 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 3/18/23 12:14, Ira Weiny wrote:
> Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:35:37PM +0800, Kloudifold wrote:
>>> Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: sm750: Rename functions from CamelCase to snake case
>>
>> If I only see the subject above, which functions are renamed? I have
>> to see the actual diff if the patch description doesn't answer that.
>> In this case, I think the proper subject would be `[PATCH v3] staging:
>> sm750: Rename sm750_hw_cursor_* functions to snake_case`.
> 
> No.  The oneliner is a brief overview.
> 
> It is perfectly appropriate to have to look at the diff to see what was
> done.  The commit message is to state what the problem was and how it was
> fixed.
> 

OK but I prefer to be more explicit in the subject and the description
so that I don't have to guess :)

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