linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 03/23] cxl: Rename member @dport of struct cxl

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Message-ID: <20230601114115.000064e8@Huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2023 11:41:15 +0100
From:   Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To:     Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>
CC:     <alison.schofield@...el.com>, <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        <ira.weiny@...el.com>, <bwidawsk@...nel.org>,
        <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <rrichter@....com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 03/23] cxl: Rename member @dport of struct cxl_dport
 to @dev

On Tue, 23 May 2023 18:21:54 -0500
Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com> wrote:

> From: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>
> 
> Reading code like dport->dport does not immediately suggest that this
> points to the corresponding device structure of the dport. Rename
> struct member @dport to @dev.
> 
> While at it, also rename @new argument of add_dport() to @dport. This
> better describes the variable as a dport (e.g. new->dport becomes to
> dport->dev).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>
LGTM. That naming confused me a few times as well.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>