[PATCH 0/2] Use terms consistently in function parameter names.

Alejandro Colomar
2024-03-03T12:15:08Z

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Hi!

I finally wrote this patch. I had it in my todo for too long.

In <time.h> functions, use duration, instead of request, as suggested by
Elliott.

In ctl functions and similar, there was a lot of variation:

- command
- cmd
- request
- req
- option
- operation
- op

And they all meant the same thing. We have similar problems in the
names of the constants, which have similar variability.

In the case of the function parameters, we can easily rename them. I
chose 'op', as it seems a reasonable (and short) name, and most of the
documentation already used the term 'operation' to refer to the
parameter, even in cases where the parameter was names differently.

I would like to ask to kernel maintainers and libc implementations to
add some consistency here too, and rename the parameters accordingly,
for consistency, or at least use your own consistency, if you don't like
this one, but stick to some rules.

In the case of constants, we can't rename them. Too bad. But I'd like
to ask programmers to have this in mind for when new constants are
added, so that some consistency is followed. (This was something that
made me doubt about using 'op', because most constants seem to use
'_CMD_' in their names. If you prefer 'cmd' for the parameter names for
that reason, let's discuss it.)

Have a lovely day!
Alex

Alejandro Colomar (2):
man*/: epoll_*(), fcntl(), flock(), ioctl(), msgctl(), *prctl(),
ptrace(), quotactl(), reboot(), semctl(), shmctl(), lockf():
Consistently use 'op' and 'operation'
clock_nanosleep.2, nanosleep.2: Use 'duration' rather than 'request'

man2/arch_prctl.2 | 12 +++---
man2/clock_nanosleep.2 | 20 ++++-----
man2/epoll_wait.2 | 4 +-
man2/fcntl.2 | 70 +++++++++++++++----------------
man2/flock.2 | 6 +--
man2/ioctl.2 | 30 +++++++-------
man2/ioctl_console.2 | 8 ++--
man2/ioctl_fideduperange.2 | 2 +-
man2/ioctl_getfsmap.2 | 6 +--
man2/ioctl_ns.2 | 2 +-
man2/ioctl_tty.2 | 10 ++---
man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 | 10 ++---
man2/msgctl.2 | 16 ++++----
man2/nanosleep.2 | 12 +++---
man2/prctl.2 | 84 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
man2/ptrace.2 | 60 +++++++++++++--------------
man2/quotactl.2 | 34 +++++++--------
man2/reboot.2 | 19 +++++----
man2/semctl.2 | 22 +++++-----
man2/shmctl.2 | 20 +++++----
man3/lockf.3 | 11 ++---
21 files changed, 233 insertions(+), 225 deletions(-)

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