netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 13/24] wfx: add hif_tx*.c/hif

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Date:   Tue, 5 Oct 2021 07:02:25 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>,
        Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 13/24] wfx: add hif_tx*.c/hif_tx*.h

On Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:12:27 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> >> I didn't know it was mandatory to prefix all the functions with the
> >> same prefix.  
> 
> I don't know either if this is mandatory or not, for example I do not
> have any recollection what Linus and other maintainers think of this. I
> just personally think it's good practise to use driver prefix ("wfx_")
> in all non-static functions.

I'd even say all functions. The prefixes are usually 3 chars, it's no
hassle to add and makes reading the code and looking at stack traces
much more intuitive for people who are not intimately familiar with 
the code.