netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 13/14] devlink: add by-instance dump infra

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Message-ID: <20230106131214.79abb95c@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2023 13:12:14 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 13/14] devlink: add by-instance dump infra

On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 09:56:36 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Oh, just the "it" at the end? Sorry, I don't see the point.  
> 
> The point is simple. Ops is a struct of callback by name X. If someone
> implements this ops struct, it is nice to assign the callbacks functions
> of name y_X so it is obvious from the first sight, what the function
> is related to.
> 
> I'm not sure what's wrong about having this sort of consistency. I
> believe that you as a maintainer should rather enforce it than to be
> against it. Am I missing something?

IMO you have a tendency to form names by concatenating adjacent
information rather than reflecting on what matters to the reader.
I believe the low readability of the devlink code is sufficient 
evidence to disagree with that direction.