linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH vRFC 3/8] treewide: rename firmware_request

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 06:36:18 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>, russ.weight@...ux.dev,
	rafael@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH vRFC 3/8] treewide: rename firmware_request_platform()

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 11:42:35AM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 04:33:40PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 07:15:45AM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 07:21:31AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 11:30:28PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> > > > > Rename firmware_request_platform() to request_firmware_platform()
> > > > > to be more concrete and align with the name of other request
> > > > > firmware family functions.
> > > > 
> > > > Sorry, but no, it should be "noun_verb" for public functions.
> > > 
> > > News to me, do we have this documented somewhere?
> > 
> > Not really, but searching makes it nicer.
> > 
> > And yes, I violated this in the past in places, and have regretted it...
> 
> Care to share a few examples of regret?

	get_device()
	put_device()
	kill_device()

vs. a saner:
	kobject_get()
	kobject_put()
	kobject_del()

Learn from the mistakes of my youth please :)

thanks,

greg k-h