netdev - Re: [RFCv5 PATCH net-next 01/20] net: rename net_device->features to net_device->active

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Date:   Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:58:58 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     "shenjian (K)" <shenjian15@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        ecree.xilinx@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        alexandr.lobakin@...el.com, saeed@...nel.org, leon@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...neuler.org,
        lipeng321@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [RFCv5 PATCH net-next 01/20] net: rename net_device->features
 to net_device->active_features

On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 16:52:29 +0100 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Here _hw_ makes sense. But i think we need some sort of
> > consistency. Either drop the _active_ from the function name, or
> > rename the netdev field active_features.  
> 
> So i suggested an either/or. In retrospect, the or seems like a bad
> idea, this patch will be enormous. So i would suggest the other
> option, netdev_set_active_features() gets renamed to
> netdev_set__features()

SGTM! Just clarify if you meant the double underscore or it's a
coincidence? :)