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Hallyn" , Dmitry Kasatkin , Clemens Ladisch , Jaroslav Kysela , Takashi Iwai , Liam Girdwood , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] treewide: Align match_string() with sysfs_match_string() In-Reply-To: <20240603211538.289765-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo References: <20240603211538.289765-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:45:37 +0300 Message-ID: <87tti9cfry.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:45:59 +0000 X-BeenThere: intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel Xe graphics driver List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: intel-xe-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-xe" On Sun, 02 Jun 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > Make two APIs look similar. Hence convert match_string() to be > a 2-argument macro. In order to avoid unneeded churn, convert > all users as well. There is no functional change intended. Why do we think it's a good idea to increase and normalize the use of double-underscore function names across the kernel, like __match_string() in this case? It should mean "reserved for the implementation, not to be called directly". If it's to be used directly, it should be named accordingly, right? Being in line with __sysfs_match_string() isn't a great argument alone, because this adds three times the number of __match_string() calls than there are __sysfs_match_string() calls. It's not a good model to follow. Arguably both should be renamed. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel