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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jinyuan Guo <guojy.bj@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: sm750fb: rename CamelCase variable pvReg and drop prefix
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 08:22:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026052214-handlebar-exploring-33f7@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGRbmwj0=ybZSyV+xPzHo3T=5b+cpCvyt0du=4dhw_Tuv_6n0g@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 11:14:45PM -0700, Jinyuan Guo wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 2:11 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 10:41:23AM -0700, Jennifer Guo wrote:
> > > Renames the CamelCase variable 'pvReg' in struct sm750_dev to 'vreg'.
> > > Dropping the pointer prefix 'p'.
> >
> > Why are you keeping the prefix "v"?
> >
> > Please don't keep the "hungarian" notation at all.
> 
> Thanks for the feedback!
> 
> Based on reading the surrounding code in the header - specifically
> vidmem_size and vidreg_size - I assumed the 'v' stood for video
> (and not void) and should thus be kept.
> 
> One related note, I have another committed patch: f50b4602fea6
> (staging: sm750fb: rename CamelCase variable and drop prefix)
> where I renamed 'pvMem' to 'vmem', so depending on what the conclusion
> here is, should I then also update 'vmem' ?

You probably should fix that up too, sorry for missing that.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-22  6:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-11 17:41 [PATCH 0/2] staging: sm750fb: fix 2 CamelCase variables Jennifer Guo
2026-05-11 17:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] staging: sm750fb: rename CamelCase variable pvReg and drop prefix Jennifer Guo
2026-05-21  9:11   ` Greg KH
2026-05-22  6:14     ` Jinyuan Guo
2026-05-22  6:22       ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-05-11 17:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] staging: sm750fb: rename CamelCase variable setAllEngOff Jennifer Guo

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