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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Selvakumar Elangovan <selvakumar16197@gmail.com>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, oscar.carter@gmx.com,
	tvboxspy@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	forest@alittletooquiet.net,
	linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] staging: vt6656: fixed a CamelCase coding style issue.
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:40:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YC+Vii75qR3Mz48k@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210219095835.9687-1-selvakumar16197@gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 03:28:35PM +0530, Selvakumar Elangovan wrote:
> This patch renames CamelCase macros uVar and uModulo into u_var and
> u_module in device.h
> 
> This issue was reported by checkpatch.pl
> 
> Signed-off-by: Selvakumar Elangovan <selvakumar16197@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h b/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h
> index 947530fefe94..6615d356f74a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h
> @@ -385,11 +385,11 @@ struct vnt_private {
>  	struct ieee80211_low_level_stats low_stats;
>  };
>  
> -#define ADD_ONE_WITH_WRAP_AROUND(uVar, uModulo) {	\
> -	if ((uVar) >= ((uModulo) - 1))			\
> -		(uVar) = 0;				\
> +#define ADD_ONE_WITH_WRAP_AROUND(u_var, u_modulo) {	\

"u_" does not really make any sense, right?

Just use "var" and "modulo" please.

But first, why is this needed at all?  Isn't there an in-kernel function
that should be used instead?

thanks,

greg k-h
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Selvakumar Elangovan <selvakumar16197@gmail.com>
Cc: forest@alittletooquiet.net, tvboxspy@gmail.com,
	oscar.carter@gmx.com, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: fixed a CamelCase coding style issue.
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:40:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YC+Vii75qR3Mz48k@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210219095835.9687-1-selvakumar16197@gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 03:28:35PM +0530, Selvakumar Elangovan wrote:
> This patch renames CamelCase macros uVar and uModulo into u_var and
> u_module in device.h
> 
> This issue was reported by checkpatch.pl
> 
> Signed-off-by: Selvakumar Elangovan <selvakumar16197@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h b/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h
> index 947530fefe94..6615d356f74a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h
> @@ -385,11 +385,11 @@ struct vnt_private {
>  	struct ieee80211_low_level_stats low_stats;
>  };
>  
> -#define ADD_ONE_WITH_WRAP_AROUND(uVar, uModulo) {	\
> -	if ((uVar) >= ((uModulo) - 1))			\
> -		(uVar) = 0;				\
> +#define ADD_ONE_WITH_WRAP_AROUND(u_var, u_modulo) {	\

"u_" does not really make any sense, right?

Just use "var" and "modulo" please.

But first, why is this needed at all?  Isn't there an in-kernel function
that should be used instead?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-19 10:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-19  9:58 [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] staging: vt6656: fixed a CamelCase coding style issue Selvakumar Elangovan
2021-02-19  9:58 ` Selvakumar Elangovan
2021-02-19 10:40 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-02-19 10:40   ` Greg KH
2021-02-19 12:12 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] " Dan Carpenter
2021-02-19 12:12   ` Dan Carpenter
2021-02-19 12:20   ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] " Selvakumar E
2021-02-19 12:20     ` Selvakumar E

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