[LTP] [PATCH 0/3] New API: Rename LTP_IPC_PATH -> TST_IPC_PATH

Petr Vorel
2021-08-25T10:23:44Z

Hi Cyril, Joerg,

> Hi!
> > > As it is it's pretty clear where the environment variable comes from, if
> > > we rename it to TST_IPC_PATH it's not obvious that this has been
> > > exported by LTP test.
> > I was thinking about it as well (just forget to write that into cover letter).

> > > Generally things that are visible on the running system tends to be
> > > prefixed with LTP_ or ltp_ rather than TST_ or tst_...
> > Sure. I just thought that LTP_ is for variables which are expected to be set by
> > user. But let's keep the old name. How about the first commit (cleanup)?

> There is no such rule I guess.

> It has been case by case, for instance we do have KCONFIG_PATH which we
> agreed on with the testing community to be a canonical variable name
> that is shared between different frameworks.

Ah, thanks for info. Obviously there cannot be rules for everything :).
Thanks both for your time.

Kind regards,
Petr