linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] staging: rtl8192e: Rename variable SetWirelessMode

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Message-ID: <20230531154653.GB87044@yogi-Zephyrus>
Date:   Wed, 31 May 2023 21:16:53 +0530
From:   Yogesh Hegde <yogi.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] staging: rtl8192e: Rename variable SetWirelessMode

On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 05:01:45PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 08:21:33PM +0530, Yogesh Hegde wrote:
> > Rename variable SetWirelessMode to set_wireless_mode to avoid
> > CamelCase which is not accepted by checkpatch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yogesh Hegde <yogi.kernel@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c |  2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h            |  2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c    | 12 ++++++------
> >  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
> > index 17b70dde7eeb..699c4accf2db 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
> > @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static void _rtl92e_init_priv_handler(struct net_device *dev)
> >  	priv->rtllib->check_nic_enough_desc	= _rtl92e_check_nic_enough_desc;
> >  	priv->rtllib->handle_assoc_response	= _rtl92e_handle_assoc_response;
> >  	priv->rtllib->handle_beacon		= _rtl92e_handle_beacon;
> > -	priv->rtllib->SetWirelessMode		= rtl92e_set_wireless_mode;
> > +	priv->rtllib->set_wireless_mode		= rtl92e_set_wireless_mode;
> 
> As this is only set in one place, why is it needed at all?  Why not just
> call the real function instead?
You are right. I don't understand why the code was originally written this way.

> Same for the other patches in this series, why not turn this into a set
> of cleanup patches removing the unnecessary indirection and removing the
> CamelCase variables entirely?
Yes you are right. I will work on transforming this series into a set of 
cleanup patches to eliminate the unnecessary indirection and remove the 
CamelCase variables entirely.

Thanks for your feedback. 

Regards 
Yogesh