netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: move and rename netif_notify

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Message-ID: <1344625276.2701.10.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:01:16 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: move and rename netif_notify_peers()

On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 16:14 +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> I believe net/core/dev.c is a better place for netif_notify_peers(),
> because other net event notify functions also stay in this file.
> 
> And rename it to netdev_notify_peers().
[...]

Is there a convention for using the 'netdev' vs 'netif' prefixes?
If not, I don't see the point in renaming just this one function.

Ben.

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