Re: [PATCH v4] staging: rtl8192e: renamed (3) variables

[Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>]

On 9/28/23 06:40, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> On 9/28/23 02:02, Gary Rookard wrote:
>> This patch renames the vaiable in staging/rtl8192e
>> HTUpdateDefaultSetting -> ht_update_default_setting
>> in (3) files of rtl8192e:
>> 1) rtl819x_HTProc.c
>> 2) rtllib.h
>> 3) rtllib_module.c >
>> Linux Kernel Coding Style "cleanup", no change in runtime,
>> staging/rtl8192e builds before and after.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gary Rookard <garyrookard@fastmail.org>
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> your subject is to general and also wrong as you change just one 
> variable. Please find good examples in the in the kernel log.
> Or here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/20230921032515.96152-2-tdavies@darkphysics.net/T/#u
> 
> Omit the file names in the description as this is redundant.
> 
> You need a version history for all four versions of your patch.
> See example:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/ZQGiqA2GoDp%2FWiPK@ubuntu.myguest.virtualbox.org/T/#u
> 
> Bye Philipp
> 

Hi Gary,

this is not a variable. It is a function name. To keep the namespace 
clean it is required to add a rtllib_ in front of the function name.

Bye Philipp

> 
>> ---
>>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HTProc.c | 2 +-
>>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h         | 2 +-
>>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c  | 2 +-
>>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HTProc.c 
>> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HTProc.c
>> index a7e356e90d0e..832f595d36c2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HTProc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HTProc.c
>> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static u8 CISCO_BROADCOM[3] = {0x00, 0x17, 0x94};
>>   static u8 LINKSYS_MARVELL_4400N[3] = {0x00, 0x14, 0xa4};
>> -void HTUpdateDefaultSetting(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
>> +void ht_update_default_setting(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
>>   {
>>       struct rt_hi_throughput *ht_info = ieee->ht_info;
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h 
>> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
>> index bdbd27e382b9..ec1eef7486a2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
>> @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ int rtllib_wx_get_rts(struct rtllib_device 
>> *ieee, struct iw_request_info *info,
>>   void HTSetConnectBwMode(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
>>               enum ht_channel_width bandwidth,
>>               enum ht_extchnl_offset Offset);
>> -void HTUpdateDefaultSetting(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
>> +void ht_update_default_setting(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
>>   void HTConstructCapabilityElement(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
>>                     u8 *posHTCap, u8 *len,
>>                     u8 isEncrypt, bool bAssoc);
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c 
>> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c
>> index abd6bfd4dfa3..859241af617c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c
>> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct net_device *alloc_rtllib(int sizeof_priv)
>>       if (!ieee->ht_info)
>>           goto free_softmac;
>> -    HTUpdateDefaultSetting(ieee);
>> +    ht_update_default_setting(ieee);
>>       HTInitializeHTInfo(ieee);
>>       rtllib_ts_init(ieee);
>>       for (i = 0; i < IEEE_IBSS_MAC_HASH_SIZE; i++)
>