linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: p80211conv: Rename local foo to decrypt

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:09:35 +0100
From: Felix Kimbu <felixkimbu1@...il.com>
To: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: p80211conv: Rename local foo to decrypt_check

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 11:46 PM Alison Schofield
<alison.schofield@...el.com> wrote:
> 'rc' is typically used for cases like this. If the name of the function
> being called is reasonably intuitive, then 'rc' suffices for the return
> value.

Greetings Alison,
Thank you for the feedback, well noted.

> 'Also' signals that this patch is trying to do more than one thing.
> One type of 'thing' per patch please.

Dan has already address this, perhaps, I did not write the message correctly,
suggesting that the patch does more than one thing.

> The commit message prefixes are off. Please see First Patch Tutorial
> Section: "Following the Driver commit style"
>
> Patch fails checkpatch. Please see First Patch Tutorial Sections:
> "Git post-commit hooks" and "Understand patch best practices"

I will definitely fix these, thanks again immensely.
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