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From: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
To: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/11] ata: libata: Use QUIRK instead of HORKAGE
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:27:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZqN6LVQd5-FIuIZk@ryzen.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240726031954.566882-4-dlemoal@kernel.org>

On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 12:19:46PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> According to Wiktionary, the verb "hork" is computing slang defined as
> "To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness;
> to be broken" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hork#Verb). libata uses
> this with the term "horkage" to refer to broken device features. Given
> that this term is not widely used and its meaning unknown to many,
> rename it to the more commonly used term "quirk", similar to many other
> places in the kernel.
> 
> The renaming done is:
> 1) Rename all ATA_HORKAGE_XXX flags to ATA_QUIRK_XXX
> 2) Rename struct ata_device horkage field to quirks
> 3) Rename struct ata_blacklist_entry to struct ata_dev_quirks_entry. The
>    array of these structures defining quirks for known devices is
>    renamed __ata_dev_quirks.
> 4) The functions ata_dev_blacklisted() and ata_force_horkage() are
>    renamed to ata_dev_quirks() and ata_force_quirks() respectively.
> 5) All the force_horkage_xxx() macros are renamed to force_quirk_xxx()
> 
> And while at it, make sure that the type "unsigned int" is used
> consistantly for quirk flags variables and data structure fields.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
> ---

(It might have been easier to review if there was one patch that just renamed
the ATA_HORKAGE_ flags to ATA_QUIRK_, and then one patch that renamed
everything else, even if that means that the same line would be touched twice
in about half the changed lines.)

Legacy aside, I really like the fact that libata now aligns with the rest of
the kernel code base:
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2024-07-26 10:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-26  3:19 [PATCH v6 0/4] Some cleanup, renaming and horkage improvements Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 01/11] ata: libata: Change ata_dev_knobble() to return a bool Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 02/11] ata: libata: Rename ata_dma_blacklisted() Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 03/11] ata: libata: Use QUIRK instead of HORKAGE Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 10:27   ` Niklas Cassel [this message]
2024-07-29 18:41   ` Igor Pylypiv
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 04/11] ata: libata: Print quirks applied to devices Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 10:47   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-30 10:09   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-07-30 23:39     ` Damien Le Moal
2024-07-31  7:27       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-07-31  9:08         ` Damien Le Moal
2024-08-01  9:07           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-08-01  9:25             ` Damien Le Moal
2024-08-01 10:05               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-08-01 10:08                 ` Damien Le Moal
2024-08-01 10:42                 ` Damien Le Moal
2024-08-01 15:04                   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 05/11] ata: pata_serverworks: Do not use the term blacklist Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 11:12   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-29 18:43   ` Igor Pylypiv
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 06/11] ata: ahci: Rephrase comment to " Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 10:57   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-29 18:43   ` Igor Pylypiv
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 07/11] ata: sata_sil: Rename sil_blacklist to sil_quirks Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 11:13   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-29 18:44   ` Igor Pylypiv
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 08/11] ata: ata_piix: Remove useless comment in piix_init_sidpr() Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 11:13   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-29 18:45   ` Igor Pylypiv
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 09/11] ata: pata_cs5520: Rephrase file header comment Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 11:13   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-29 18:45   ` Igor Pylypiv
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 10/11] ata: pata_hpt366: Rename hpt_dma_blacklisted() Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 11:13   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-29 18:46   ` Igor Pylypiv
2024-07-26  3:19 ` [PATCH v6 11/11] ata: pata_hpt37x: " Damien Le Moal
2024-07-26 11:13   ` Niklas Cassel
2024-07-29 18:47   ` Igor Pylypiv

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