linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] gpiolib: Rename gpio_set_debounce_timeout() to gpiod_do_set

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Message-ID: <Z8bhJq3kn_uw3iYE@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 13:16:54 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mika Westerberg <westeri@...nel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
	Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] gpiolib: Rename gpio_set_debounce_timeout() to
 gpiod_do_set_debounce()

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 01:11:57PM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 12:59:25PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 11:18:04AM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:00:33PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > In order to reduce the 'gpio' namespace when operate over GPIO descriptor
> > > > rename gpio_set_debounce_timeout() to gpiod_do_set_debounce().
> > > 
> > > To me anything that has '_do_' in their name sounds like an internal static
> > > function that gets wrapped by the actual API function(s).
> > > 
> > > For instance it could be 
> > > 
> > >   int gpio_set_debounce_timeout()
> > >   {
> > >   	...
> > > 	gpiod_do_set_debounce()
> > > 	...
> > > 
> > > However, gpiod_set_debounce_timeout() or gpiod_set_debounce() sounds good
> > > to me.
> > 
> > Then please propose the second name for gpiod_set_config_XXX to follow
> > the same pattern. The series unifies naming and reduces the current
> > inconsistency.

> gpiod_set_config()?

The problem is that

gpiod_set_debounce() and gpiod_set_config() are _existing_ public APIs.
That's why I considered "_do_" fitting the purpose.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko