linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vt6655: replace camel case by snake case

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 14:20:18 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavan Bobba <opensource206@...il.com>
Cc:     Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>,
        outreachy@...ts.linux.dev, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vt6655: replace camel case by snake case

On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 02:29:04PM +0530, Pavan Bobba wrote:
> Replace array name of camel case by snake case. Issue found
> by checkpatch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Bobba <opensource206@...il.com>
> ---
>  v1 -> v2: 1.character '_' added in the array name "byvt3253b0_rfmde"
>            2. typo in the subject line "small case" corrected with the
> 	      proper word "snake case"
> 
>  drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> index 0e135af8316b..8b913c64845c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static const unsigned char by_vt3253_init_tab_rfmd[CB_VT3253_INIT_FOR_RFMD][2] =
>  };
>  
>  #define CB_VT3253B0_INIT_FOR_RFMD 256
> -static const unsigned char byVT3253B0_RFMD[CB_VT3253B0_INIT_FOR_RFMD][2] = {
> +static const unsigned char byvt3253b0_rfmd[CB_VT3253B0_INIT_FOR_RFMD][2] = {

The "by" here means "byte", a horrible naming scheme that was popular in
the 1990's when C compilers would not check the types of variables.  No
need for that here, this should just be "vt3253b0_rfmd", right?

thanks,

greg k-h