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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:19:12 +0800
From:   Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/22] gpiolib: cdev: rename priv to gcdev
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 04:04:09PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> wt., 23 cze 2020 o 06:02 Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> napisał(a):
> >
> > Rename priv to gcdev to improve readability.
> >
> > The name "priv" indicates that the object is pointed to by
> > file->private_data, not what the object is actually is.
> > It is always used to point to a struct gpio_chardev_data so renaming
> > it to gcdev seemed as good as anything, and certainly clearer than "priv".
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
> >
> 
> Ugh now it's gcdev and gdev everywhere and it doesn't really make it
> more readable. Maybe chardev_data or cdev_data?
> 

Agreed, it isn't ideal visually, but is at least more unique than priv.
Linus was going for short names recently (e.g. gc for gpiochip), so I was
going for something short.

And I try avoid names ending in _data or _state or similar where they
don't really add anything.

Would chardev or gchardev work for you?

Cheers,
Kent.