netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 1/3] net: marvell: prestera: Add Switchdev driver for Prestera family ASIC device 98DX325x (AC3x)

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Date:   Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:43:57 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@...ision.eu>
Cc:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Oleksandr Mazur <oleksandr.mazur@...ision.eu>,
        Taras Chornyi <taras.chornyi@...ision.eu>,
        Serhiy Boiko <serhiy.boiko@...ision.eu>,
        Andrii Savka <andrii.savka@...ision.eu>,
        Volodymyr Mytnyk <volodymyr.mytnyk@...ision.eu>,
        Serhiy Pshyk <serhiy.pshyk@...ision.eu>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 1/3] net: marvell: prestera: Add Switchdev driver
 for Prestera family ASIC device 98DX325x (AC3x)

> > Please be consistent. Make your prefixes, name, filenames the same.
> > For example:
> > prestera_driver_kind[] = "prestera";
> > 
> > Applied to the whole code.
> > 
> So you suggested to use prestera_ as a prefix, I dont see a problem
> with that, but why not mvsw_pr_ ? So it has the vendor, device name parts
> together as a key. Also it is necessary to apply prefix for the static
> names ?

Although static names don't cause linker issues, you do still see them
in opps stack traces, etc. It just helps track down where the symbols
come from, if they all have a prefix.

     Andrew